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Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Gerald England
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Paignton Sands
Andrew Curtis
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Horden Beach
Jo Parker
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Churston Cove Churston Cove beach lies 1 kilometers north west of Brixham, Torbay.
Chris Gunns
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Saint\'s Bay
Caroline Tandy
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Duporth Beach
David Long
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Silecroft Silecroft bathing water is a remote, steeply sloping, pebbly beach levelling out to flat sand closer to the sea. At h...
Nigel Chadwick
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Walpole Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with...
Jim Champion
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Kimmeridge Bay Kimmeridge Bay is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a remote, sheltered bay of co...
Derek Harper
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Mevagissey Beach
David Martin 
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Orchard Bay This charming beach is privately owned, but is accessible to the public. However, visitors are kindly reminded to mai...
N Chadwick 
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Walmer Beach (Deal)
David Medcalf
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Monreith Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Hampton Pier East Beach
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
Jonathan Wilkins 
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Porth Dinllaen Beach Porth Dinllaen Beach is situated about 600 meters west of Nefyn.
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Iain Lees 
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Whitley Bay Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The ...
Chris Downer
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Worbarrow Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.