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Johnny Durnan
Photo: Johnny Durnan CC BY-SA 2.0
Largs Pencil Beach
OLU
Photo: OLU CC BY-SA 2.0
Clarach North Beach Clarach North Beach is located in Ceredigion 100 meters west of Clarach.
Tom Jolliffe 
Photo: Tom Jolliffe  CC BY-SA 2.0
Meadfoot Beach
Robin Drayton
Photo: Robin Drayton CC BY-SA 2.0
Porth Nobla Beach Porth Nobla Beach is situated 2 kilometers south east of Rhosneigr in Isle of Anglesey.
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hartlepool North Sands
Dr Richard Murray
Photo: Dr Richard Murray CC BY-SA 2.0
Tentsmuir Sands
Tanya Dedyukhina
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina CC BY 3.0
Clarach South Beach Clarach South Beach lies in Ceredigion, 400 meters south east of Clarach.
Grant Sherman
Photo: Grant Sherman CC BY-SA 2.0
Westward Ho! Westward Ho! is south of the Taw/Torridge Estuary on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, appr...
Des Colhoun
Photo: Des Colhoun CC BY-SA 2.0
Banff Bridge Beach Banff Bridge Beach is located in Aberdeenshire 500 meters east of Banff.
Ian Paterson 
Photo: Ian Paterson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Splash Point
Richard Webb
Photo: Richard Webb CC BY-SA 2.0
Pease Bay
Roger Davies
Photo: Roger Davies CC BY-SA 2.0
Moreton The beach is at the top of the Wirral peninsula facing north westerly into the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay. It h...
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Mevagissey Beach
Eileen Littler 
Photo: Eileen Littler  CC BY-SA 2.0
Pick Mere
Anthony Foster
Photo: Anthony Foster CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaton Sluice Beach
Christine Matthews
Photo: Christine Matthews CC BY-SA 2.0
Gorleston Beach Gorleston-on-Sea is a resort town that became popular in Edwardian times. It has a long sandy beach backed by a prome...
Korentin
Photo: Korentin CC BY-SA 3.0
Swansea Bay Sketty Lane Beach
John Baker 
Photo: John Baker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Folkestone Warren Beach
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
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Gaddings Dam
Nicholas Mutton
Photo: Nicholas Mutton CC BY-SA 2.0
Aberaeron North Beach Aberaeron North Beach lies in Ceredigion, 600 meters north of Aberaeron.
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.