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Robin Drayton
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Tenby Castle Beach Castle Beach is a picturesque beach that has been awarded the Blue Flag award, certifying its cleanliness and safety....
Antonia
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Seaton Sluice Seaton Sluice Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach backed by dunes. It is the southernmost bathing beach of N...
Darren Glanville from Acle Norfolk UK
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Poole Harbour Lake Poole Harbour Lake is in Poole Harbour on the Dorset coast. It is a quiet sand and mud beach, approximately 340 metre...
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Peter Moore 
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Dornoch Burn Mouth Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Bob Jones
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Felixstowe South Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Slapton Sands Torcross Beach
Tim
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Gwithian Beach
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Alison Rawson
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Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
Chris Downer
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Poole Canford Cliffs Chine Poole Canford Cliffs Chine forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy b...
David Lally 
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Cove Vean
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Ulrich Hartmann
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Trevone Bay
Alan Swain
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Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Brian Green
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Brightlingsea Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Kingsbarns Beach
Stephen McKay
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Helensburgh Beach
Jaggery 
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Weymouth Beach dog exercising area This establishment is operational throughout the year.
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.