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Trevor Rickard
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Lynmouth Beach
Philip Halling 
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Godrevy Towans Godrevy Towans is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach, approximately 600 metres wide. Backed ...
Phillip Perry
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Leysdown Beach
Dot Potter
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Gronant Dunes Beach
Garry Bye
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Nanjizal Beach
Philip Halling
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Westward Ho! Beach
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
Raymond Knapman 
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Morecambe South Beach
Alan MurrayRust
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Colwick Country Park (West Lake) West Lake is located within the south west corner of Colwick Country Park, Nottingham formed originally from gravel w...
Geof Sheppard
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Weston-super-Mare Marine Lake Beach
Christine Matthews 
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach
Tony Atkin
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Bovisand Beach Bovisand Beach is located in Devon 1 kilometers west of Down Thomas.
Trevor Rickard
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Shipload Bay
Barney Moss from London UK
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Porthallow Porthallow is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote pebble and shingle beach, approximately 150 metres wide,...
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Shaun Ferguson
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Ilfracombe Hele Ilfracombe Hele Beach is a small cove at the resort of Ilfracombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a sheltered sand...
Andrew Bone from Weymouth England
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Weymouth Lodmoor Weymouth Lodmoor is on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by a promena...
K  A 
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St Annes North Beach
Jim Champion
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Milford-on-sea Milford-on-sea is a resort beach on the Hampshire coast with views of the Isle of Wight and the Needles. The beach is...
Richard Webb
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Portobello Central Beach Portobello Central Beach is approximately 400 meters north east of Portobello.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.