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Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Ian Paterson 
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Splash Point
Mick Garratt
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Seaton Carew North Gare Seaton Carew is a small resort on Tees Bay to the south of Hartlepool. Seaton Carew North Gare Beach is the southern ...
Richard Humphrey 
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Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort. The Old Hunstanton beach is at the north end just outside of ...
Les Hull 
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Dunure Beach
Dara Jasumani
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St. Ishmaels Beach
Crispin Purdye
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Polridmouth Beach Polridmouth Beach is located in Cornwall 1 kilometers south of Fowey.
Mick Garratt
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Redcar Stray Beach Redcar Stray Beach is 2 kilometers east of Redcar in the county of Redcar and Cleveland.
Martin Bodman
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Mewslade Bay East Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Chris Downer
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Seatown Seatown is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately 900 metres wide, backed by cliffs. T...
Duncan MacDonald
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Golspie South Beach
Roger Davies
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Moreton Beach
Andrew Hackney 
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Loch Linnhe Beach
Anne Burgess 
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St Davids Beach
nick macneill
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Lowestoft Marine Parade Beach
Andrew Abbott 
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Rushy Bay
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.