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Formby

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  • Water temp(satellite):
  • 5.5°C
  • 2025-01-21

Formby bathing water is a large, sandy beach with extensive sand dunes between the beach and Formby town. There are multiple access points to the beach via boardwalks across the dunes. The beach has a shallow profile that increasingly drops off towards the sea.

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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.