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Dave Smethurst
Photo: Dave Smethurst CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth Tywyn Mawr Beach
L J Cunningham
Photo: L J Cunningham CC BY-SA 2.0
Three Cliffs Bay
Simon Huguet
Photo: Simon Huguet CC BY-SA 2.0
Portreath Portreath is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, approximately 520 metres wide, ba...
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
Jon Wornham
Photo: Jon Wornham CC BY-SA 2.0
Garwick Beach
David Wright
Photo: David Wright CC BY-SA 2.0
Humberston Fitties Beach
Richard Webb 
Photo: Richard Webb  CC BY-SA 2.0
Spittal Quay Beach
Nick Smith 
Photo: Nick Smith  CC BY-SA 2.0
Southsea East Beach
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Holcombe Beach
Adrian and Janet Quantock
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock CC BY-SA 2.0
Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach r...
Shirley Grant
Photo: Shirley Grant CC BY-SA 2.0
Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra or Scoor The Gaelic name "Rocky White Beach" perfectly describes the picturesque Scoor beach located on the southern coast of ...
Peter Eckersley
Photo: Peter Eckersley CC BY-SA 2.0
Seascale Beach
Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
Ballygalley Beach Ballygalley Beach lies 100 meters north west of Ballygally, County Antrim.
Dave Fergusson 
Photo: Dave Fergusson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Mellon Udrigle Beach
DS Pugh
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Harlech Beach
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Gourock West Bay
Eirian Evans
Photo: Eirian Evans CC BY-SA 2.0
Penrhyn Bay
Gary Rogers
Photo: Gary Rogers CC BY-SA 2.0
Lusty Glaze Lusty Glaze is a picturesque Cornish beach, known locally as Lostyn Glas - which translates to a place to view blue b...
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Robin Webster
Photo: Robin Webster CC BY-SA 2.0
Lancing Green 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.