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Alan Harris
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Kidwelly Beach
Stephen McKay
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Poppit West Beach The beach is bestowed with the Blue Flag Award, making it a prime family-friendly destination that extends a warm wel...
Maigheachgheal 
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Doniford Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Polstreath is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a remote sandy beach, approximately 330 metres wide, backed by cl...
Korentin
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Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
Paul Gillett
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Birling Gap Birling Gap is a small remote bay east of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The beach is approximately 300 metres (m) wide ...
Row 
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Burnham Overy Staithe beach
Richard Webb
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Dalgety Bay
Rob Young from United Kingdom
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Oxwich Bay
peter robinson
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Newbiggin Moor Beach
Linda Bailey
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Whitesands Beach The beach boasts various amenities that make it an ideal destination for families and couples alike. It has received ...
Andrew Curtis
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Druridge Bay North Duridge Bay North Beach is a remote bathing water on the north east coast of Northumberland. The designated bathing w...
Dr Astrid Stilma
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Camber Camber Sands is situated at the mouth of the river Rother in Rye Bay, East Sussex. The bathing water is a wide expans...
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
David Dixon 
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Swanage South Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Durdle Door East Durdle Door East is on the Dorset coast, and is part of the Purbeck Heritage Coast. It is a fairly remote beach of sa...
David Smith 
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Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
Penny Mayes
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Minster Leas Beach
Trevor Rickard
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Porthcurnick Beach Porthcurnick Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north of Gerrans.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.