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Mike Faherty
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Milford-on-sea Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Beesands Beesands beach lies in Devon, 100 meters north east of Beesands.
Jim Champion
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Chapman's Pool This beach is open to dogs throughout the year.
Alan Reid 
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Uisken Beach "water bay" This lovely beach boasts soft, glistening white sand and a shallow shoreline dotted with picturesque rocky islands. L...
Wesley Trevor Johnston 
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Kessingland Beach
Peter Church
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Reighton Reighton Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is one kilom...
Alex Harris
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Nairn East Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Martin Bodman
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Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a pebble beach, approximately 900 metres wide, with rock groynes ...
Jennifer Luther Thomas
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Monkstone Beach
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Dave Croker
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Llwyngwril Beach
Pam Brophy
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Combe Martin Combe Martin is a small resort, in a sheltered valley, at the western edge of Exmoor National Park on the north Devon...
Steve  F
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Featherbed Rocks Beach
Diliff
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Joss Bay, Broadstairs Joss Bay is a gently sloping sandy beach about 500 metres long. The beach, backed by chalk cliffs, is popular with su...
Bob Embleton
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Penzance Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherr...
Gwen and James Anderson
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Monifieth Beach
David Crocker
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Red Point Red Point beach is a beach in Highland.
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.