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Mike Pennington
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Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
John Lucas 
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St Just Beach
DS Pugh
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Llandanwg Beach
David Spencer
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Wharfe at Ilkley Stepping Stones This site is not a designated bathing water and will not be given a water quality classification. Samples are being c...
Andy F
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Harlyn Bay
Mike Pennington
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Seahouses North Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Hoylake Red Rocks Beach
OLU
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Trebarwith Strand Beach
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Dunnet Bay
Chris Shaw
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Baglan Beach Baglan Beach is 3 kilometers west of Port Talbot in the county of Neath Port Talbot.
Evelyn Simak
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Cley Beach Cley Beach is located in Norfolk 1 kilometers north of Cley next the Sea.
Chris Gunns
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Whale Chine Although the beach has become somewhat inaccessible from the top due to erosion, it can still be reached by walking a...
Roger Cornfoot 
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Saint Audrie's Bay
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties 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...
Kevin Trahar
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Pendine Sands
Graham Horn
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Brighstone Beach The beach can be challenging to find suitable parking; however, it is an easily accessible strolling distance away. T...
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Simon Carey
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Norman`s Bay Norman's Bay is a remote beach between Eastbourne and Hasting in East Sussex. The beach is predominantly shingle, wit...
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.