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Dave Croker
Photo: Dave Croker CC BY-SA 2.0
Llwyngwril Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sugary Cove
Pauline Eccles
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Lydstep Beach
Robin Webster
Photo: Robin Webster CC BY-SA 2.0
Lancing Green Beach
Anthony Parkes 
Photo: Anthony Parkes  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddwyn Beach Llanddwyn Beach or Newborough Beach
Stanley Howe
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Inverbervie Beach
Willie Duffin 
Photo: Willie Duffin  CC BY-SA 2.0
Portrush East Strand Beach Portrush East Strand Beach is 500 meters east of Portrush in the county of County Antrim.
Mat Fascione 
Photo: Mat Fascione  CC BY-SA 2.0
Llanddona Beach
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Wembury Wembury is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 1.1 kilometres wide, backed...
pam fray
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Tankerton Beach
David Wright
Photo: David Wright CC BY-SA 2.0
Humberston Fitties Beach
Alison Rawson
Photo: Alison Rawson CC BY-SA 2.0
Littlestone Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe ...
David Long
Photo: David Long CC BY-SA 2.0
Fistral South Fistral South bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Bob Jenkins
Photo: Bob Jenkins CC BY-SA 2.0
Pilling Sands
Thomas Nugent
Photo: Thomas Nugent CC BY-SA 2.0
Lunderston Bay
Bob Shires
Photo: Bob Shires CC BY-SA 2.0
Moelfre Beach
Helen Wilkinson
Photo: Helen Wilkinson CC BY-SA 2.0
Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Robin Lucas
Photo: Robin Lucas CC BY-SA 2.0
St. Brides Haven Beach
Peter Evans 
Photo: Peter Evans  CC BY-SA 2.0
Rhossili Bay
Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom
Photo: Alex Liivet from Chester United Kingdom CC0
Gaddings Dam
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.