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georama
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Beauport Beach Beauport Beach is situated 2 kilometers south of St. Brelade in Jersey.
Keith Ruffles
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Thurso Beach
Alexey Komarov
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Birling Gap Birling Gap beach is located in East Sussex 200 meters south west of Birling Gap.
David Hawgood
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Treyarnon Bay
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
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 ...
Bob Jones 
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Hartland Quay Hartland Quay is on the north coast of Devon. It is a rock and pebble beach, approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, backe...
R Greenhalgh
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Sale Water Park
Tony Atkin
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The Serpentine - Hyde Park The bathing area, known as the Lido, is a rectangular area about 100 metres long and 30 metres wide on the southern b...
Bob Jones
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Marazion Causeway Beach
Ken Craig
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West Sandwick Beach
Ron Strutt
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St Mary's Bay (Kent) St. Mary's Bay is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay st...
Richard Webb
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Laggan Sands The Laggan Beach, located in Loch Buie, boasts stunning silver sands, which can be reached by taking a pleasant hour-...
Walter Baxter 
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Thorntonloch Beach
william
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Southend Thorpe Bay
hayley green
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Borth Beach Borth Beach lies in Ceredigion, 200 meters north west of Borth.
Robert Cuthill
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Swansea Slipway Beach
Eric Jones 
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Waterfoot Beach
Roger  Kidd 
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Sango Sands
John Davies
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Holland Holland-on-Sea has a small quiet sandy beach and picnic areas. It is backed by a sea wall in a rural setting.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.