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Roger May
Photo: Roger May CC BY-SA 2.0
Barrow-in-Furness Beach Barrow-in-Furness Beach is located in Cumbria 2 kilometers north west of Barrow-in-Furness.
Trevor Rickard
Photo: Trevor Rickard CC BY-SA 2.0
Shipload Bay
Maurice D Budden
Photo: Maurice D Budden CC BY-SA 2.0
Par Beach
Mike Faherty
Photo: Mike Faherty CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Manor Steps Bournemouth Manor Steps forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beac...
Paul Beaman
Photo: Paul Beaman CC BY-SA 2.0
St Annes St Annes is a resort beach with a small pier extending into the Irish Sea. Sand dunes run along the edge of the sandy...
Malcolm Etherington
Photo: Malcolm Etherington CC BY-SA 2.0
Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach Dogs allowed all year round
tormentor
Photo: tormentor CC BY-SA 3.0
Longniddry Beach
L Willetts
Photo: L Willetts CC BY-SA 2.0
Leonards Cove
Tony Atkin
Photo: Tony Atkin CC BY-SA 2.0
Thurlestone South Thurlestone South is on the south coast of Devon. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 250 metres wide, backed b...
R lee
Photo: R lee CC BY-SA 2.0
Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
JThomas
Photo: JThomas CC BY-SA 2.0
Nairn Central Beach
Sebastian Ballard
Photo: Sebastian Ballard CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Beach
Tom Jolliffe
Photo: Tom Jolliffe CC BY-SA 2.0
Man Sands
Mike Searle 
Photo: Mike Searle  CC BY-SA 2.0
Worbarrow Beach
Steve Daniels 
Photo: Steve Daniels  CC BY-SA 2.0
Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach Colwyn Bay Rhos Beach is in Conwy 1 kilometers north west of Colwyn Bay.
Gordon McKinlay
Photo: Gordon McKinlay CC BY-SA 2.0
Ingoldmells Beach
Eric Jones
Photo: Eric Jones CC BY-SA 2.0
Lleiniog Penmon Beach
R Greenhalgh
Photo: R Greenhalgh CC BY-SA 2.0
Sale Water Park
Tim Green from Bradford
Photo: Tim Green from Bradford CC BY 2.0
Swanpool Beach
Matt Rosser
Photo: Matt Rosser CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanstephan Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.