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Lis Burke
Photo: Lis Burke CC BY-SA 2.0
Leven East Beach
David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Ness Cove Ness Cove is on the south coast of Devon, just south of the mouth of the Teign Estuary. It is a remote, secluded sand...
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Rhossili South Beach Rhossili South Beach is in Swansea, 500 meters west of Rhossili.
Dara Jasumani
Photo: Dara Jasumani CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Ishmaels Beach
gary radford
Photo: gary radford CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheringham Sheringham is a former fishing village, but is now a seaside town which still has fishing and crab boats plying trade...
Chris Downer
Photo: Chris Downer CC BY-SA 2.0
Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Maidencombe Beach
Dan Friess
Photo: Dan Friess CC BY-SA 2.0
Binnel Bay This shoreline may not offer an easy entry or a suitable spot for swimming. Furthermore, it is studded with stones an...
Martin Bodman
Photo: Martin Bodman CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Beach
Peter Fuller
Photo: Peter Fuller CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunoon West Bay
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Michael Graham
Photo: Michael Graham CC BY-SA 2.0
Heysham Sands Heysham Sands beach is located 600 meters west of Heysham in the county of Lancashire.
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Church Cove Church Cove beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Mullion.
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Andy Waddington
Photo: Andy Waddington CC BY-SA 2.0
Parton Beach
Steve Daniels
Photo: Steve Daniels CC BY-SA 2.0
Marsden Beach
Roger Cornfoot
Photo: Roger Cornfoot CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Town Beach
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Helmut Zozmann 
Photo: Helmut Zozmann  CC BY-SA 2.0
Dover Harbour Beach
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.