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Bob Embleton
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Long Rock Beach
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Beach
Alan Hughes
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Fall Bay
Tony Atkin
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Tolcarne Tolcarne Beach, known locally as Talkarn Hole in the Rock, is located in Cornwall, England. Daily lifeguard coverage ...
Jim Champion
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Vault Beach Vault Beach is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sand and shingle beach, approximately 730 metres wide, ...
Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Richard Humphrey 
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Scratby Beach
Anthony Parkes 
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Salcombe North Sands
Gerald England 
Photo: Gerald England  CC BY-SA 2.0
Traeth canolog y Rhyl - Rhyl central beach
Pauline Eccles
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Barricane Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Hollicombe Beach
Shaun Ferguson
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Weston Hard Beach
Rod Allday
Photo: Rod Allday CC BY-SA 2.0
Cawsand Beach Cawsand Beach is approximately 200 meters south east of Cawsand.
Simon Carey
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Newhaven Central Beach
El Pollock
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Thurstaston Beach
Geof Sheppard
Photo: Geof Sheppard CC BY-SA 4.0
Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Graham Horn
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Watcombe Bay Watcombe Bay is a secluded beach that can only be reached through boat or kayak, or by abseiling down from the surrou...
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Cullercoats Bay Beach is a gently sloping resort beach enclosed by piers at each end making a very sheltered bay.
Graham Horn
Photo: Graham Horn CC BY-SA 2.0
Stokes Bay
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.