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Eric Jones
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Benllech Beach Benllech Beach is located 500 meters east of Benllech in the county of Isle of Anglesey.
Mick Garratt
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Crimdon Crimdon Beach is a gently sloping sandy remote beach. The designated area is approximately one kilometre long and it ...
Dr Neil Clifton
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Peel Beach
Maurice D Budden 
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Downderry Beach
Simon Carey
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Normans Bay
Gordon Hatton 
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Ardalanish Beach The beach is perfectly stunning, and on a bright day, one could easily mistake it for a beach in Barbados. To reach t...
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine West Beach
Pam Brophy
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Tintagel Beach
Andrew Hill
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Haverigg Haverigg is a gently sloping gravel and sandy beach for which levels out to flat sand. At low tide the water retreats...
Glyn Baker
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Jaywick Beach
pam fray
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Girvan Beach
Jim Bain
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Elie Ruby Bay
GaryReggae
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Dawlish Town Beach
David Wright
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Humberston Fitties Humberston Fitties beach is wide and sandy and backed by dunes. There are caravan parks nearby.
Sjaak Kempe from Groningen The Netherlands
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Knab Rock Beach
Scott Rimmer
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Runswick Bay Runswick Bay beach is situated about 36 kilometers north west of Scarborough.
Steve Daniels
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Pagham The bathing water is situated on the south coast just north of Pagham Harbour in West Sussex. The bathing water faces...
Andrew Woodhall
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Silecroft Beach
Steve  F
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Southwold The Pier Southwold is a traditional beach resort with a refurbished pier and beach huts. The beach is sandy, gently sloping an...
somaliayaswan
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Grangetown Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.