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Chris Downer 
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The Sands of Meal, Shetland
Julieanne Savage
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Shoeburyness Shoeburyness is a shingle beach at the easternmost tip of Southend's shoreline. The beach is backed by a promenade li...
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...
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
Pam Goodey
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East Quantoxhead Beach
Tony Atkin
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Talland Bay
gareth
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Llantwit Major Beach
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
Nigel Mykura
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West Bay (West) West Bay (West) is next to Bridport Harbour in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a pebble, shingle and sand beach r...
chris lovelock
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Plymouth Hoe East Plymouth Hoe East is near the centre of Plymouth on the south coast of Devon. It is a shingle and rock beach approxim...
Tim Green from Bradford
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Jangye Ryne Beach
R lee
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Blackpool Central Beach Blackpool Central Beach is in Blackpool, 1 kilometers south of Blackpool.
Ian S 
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Gorllewin y Rhyl - Rhyl West
Steve Daniels
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Marsden Beach
pam fray
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Tankerton Tankerton is situated on the North Kent coast. The shingle beach is gently sloping, flattening to a wide expanse of s...
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Spittal Spittal Beach is a gently sloping resort beach approximately one kilometre long situated immediately south of the mou...
Richard Slessor
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Fraserburgh Tiger Hill Beach
Peter Conroy
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Cwmtydu Beach
Unukorno
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Belvoir Bay Belvoir Bay beach is a beach in Guernsey.
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.