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Greg Stringham
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Inverboyndie Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
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Walney Sandy Gap
Mary and Angus Hogg 
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Lossiemouth Silversands
Colin MacInnes
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Embo Beach
David Martin 
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Orchard Bay This charming beach is privately owned, but is accessible to the public. However, visitors are kindly reminded to mai...
GaryReggae
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Dawlish Town Beach
Ian Paterson
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Eastbourne Beach
scillystuff
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Beachlands Central The bathing water is situated on the south coast of Hayling Island facing across the Solent. The bathing water is pri...
Linda Bailey
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Broughton Bay Broughton Bay beach is 2 kilometers north west of Llangennith in the county of Swansea.
Andy Peacock
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Hunstanton South Beach
colin grice
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Sandsend Sandsend Beach is a rural beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is approximately one kilometre in length with a g...
Chris J Dixon
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St Anthony Head Beach
Martin Bodman
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East Looe East Looe is at the mouth of the Looe Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, app...
Philip Halling
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Sandymouth Sandymouth is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by pebble...
Philip Halling 
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Overcombe Beach
Jim Champion
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Eypemouth Eypemouth is in Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a shingle beach, approximately one kilometre wide, backed by clif...
Ashley Dace 
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Coverack Beach Coverack Beach lies in Cornwall, 100 meters north of Coverack.
Richard Webb 
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Spittal Quay Beach
Phil Williams
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Brora Beach Brora Beach is situated 700 meters north east of Brora in Highland.
Alexander P Kapp
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Skinburness Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.