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Anne Burgess
Photo: Anne Burgess CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sands of Breckon Beach
Andy F
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Longhoughton Steel Beach
Stanley Howe
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Crimdon Beach
Mike Smith
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Nigel Cox
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Margate Palm Bay
Bob Embleton
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Archirondel Beach Archirondel Beach lies 2 kilometers east of St. Martin, Jersey.
Simon Carey
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Shoreham Beach
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Ann Cook 
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Mossyard Beach
Keith Burroughs
Photo: Keith Burroughs CC BY-SA 2.0
Fleetwood Fleetwood beach sits at the top end of the Fylde coastline, facing north into Morecambe Bay. The beach is mainly sand...
Ron Strutt
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St Mary\'s Bay
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Tiia Monto
Photo: Tiia Monto CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea County Hall Beach
Roger Smith
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Sunderland Seaburn Beach
Diane Sambrook
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Mouthwell Sands
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Trevor Harris
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Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is about 4 kilometers north west of Portland. Dogs allowed on the seaward side from September to April.
Trevor Rickard
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Mawgan Porth Mawgan Porth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural, sandy beach, approximately 720 metres wide, backed by ...
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
Steve Daniels 
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Great Yarmouth South Denes Beach
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.