List of Blue Flag Beaches of Wales
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Below is a list of Blue Flag beaches and marinas in Wales, sorted by regulatory body. As of July 2013, 38 locations had been designated by the internationally recognised Foundation for Environmental Education based in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The foundation awards, or removes, beaches and marinas from their list each July.
The 2020 is 40, down from 41[2] beaches in 2011 and 43 beaches in 2012. The reduced number was due to stricter water quality criteria being used, coupled with the fact that 2012 was a wet year in the country meaning that there were more naturally occurring bacteria present.[3] In comparison, the larger countries of England and Scotland had 55[4] and 3[5] beaches listed and no marinas. The Welsh organisation Keep Wales Tidy helps to keep the beaches in good condition as well as running two separate sets of awards - the Green Coast Award and the Seaside Award.[6]
The vast majority of the beaches and marinas are located on the Wales Coast Path.[7]
In 2013 there were 33 beaches and 5 registered marinasru:
1 Abergele, 2 Llandrillo yn Rhos, 3 Llanddona, 4 Porth Dafarch, 5 Trearddur, 6 New Quay, 7 Saundersfoot, 8 Saundersfoot, 9 , 10
Local Authority Maintained[]
- Anglesey - Benllech
- Anglesey - Holyhead (m)
- Anglesey - Llanddona
- Anglesey - Llanddwyn, Newborough
- Anglesey - Porth Dafarch
- Anglesey - Porth Swtan / Church Bay
- Anglesey - Trearddur Bay
- Ceredigion - Aberporth
- Ceredigion - Borth
- Ceredigion - New Quay, Harbour
- Ceredigion - Tresaith
- Gwynedd - Abersoch
- Gwynedd - Dinas Dinlle
- Gwynedd - Morfa Bychan (Black Rock Sands) ^
- Gwynedd - Marian y De, Pwllheli
- Pembrokeshire - Amroth
- Pembrokeshire - Broad Haven North
- Pembrokeshire - Coppet Hall ^
- Pembrokeshire - Dale
- Pembrokeshire - Lydstep
- Pembrokeshire - Newgale
- Pembrokeshire - Saundersfoot
- Pembrokeshire - Whitesands, St Davids
- Pembrokeshire - Tenby, Castle
- Pembrokeshire - Tenby, North
- Pembrokeshire - Tenby, South
- Swansea - Bracelet Bay ^
- Swansea - Caswell Bay
- Swansea - Langland Bay
- Swansea - Port Eynon
- Swansea - Swansea Marina (m)
- Legend
- ^ = Not currently wheelchair accessible
- (m) = Marina
Privately Maintained[]
- Caernarfon Harbour Trust - Victoria Dock, Caernarfon (m)
- Parkdean Holidays - Trecco Bay
- Yacht Haven Management - Hafan Pwllheli (m)
- Legend
- ^ = Not currently wheelchair accessible
- (m) = Marina
References[]
- ^ "The Welsh page on the Blue Flag website". Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ A mention of the 2011 awards on the Welsh Water website Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today
- ^ A BBC news article on the decline
- ^ A BBC news article announcing England's Blue Flag beaches
- ^ Article from The Scotsman about the awards
- ^ Keep Wales Tidy's beach page
- ^ Information about the Coast Path on its official page
- Water and the environment
- Environmental standards
- Beaches of Wales
- Wales geography-related lists
- Lists of beaches in the United Kingdom