Polzeath Beach wins Blue Flag

Tucked inside the Camel Estuary, Polzeath is our main local beach and as one of the finest surfing beaches in Cornwall it is popular with both locals and holidaymakers. Visitors will often see dolphins and seals swimming alongside the surfers!
Just recently it was awarded a Blue Flag.  Blue Flag is a prestigious, international award scheme which acts as a guarantee to tourists that a beach or marina they are visiting is one of the best in the world.  It is awarded to coastal destinations which have achieved the highest quality in water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.  Over the years it has acted as an incentive to many beach managers to improve the quality of the coast and their hard work has led to a revival of the UK coastline and beaches around the world.  The number of beaches and marinas gaining Blue Flag status increases every year – with 3,450 now displaying the quality indicator in 41 countries.  The Blue Flag Programme is administered in England by Keep Britain Tidy and is managed internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)
Four of the main criteria to qualify are:
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION – has a brilliant shore marine events programme with Cornwall Wildlife Trust  
WATER QUALITY – closely monitored by Surfers Against Sewage
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SAFETY AND SERVICES  – lifeguards during our main summer months 

Polzeath was always been in a good position to pick up a Blue Flag  as many of the needed criteria where already in place, such as  amenities, lifeguard service etc.
So if you are off to check out the surf, go visit Polzeath and you can always look ahead at the surf and weather conditions on a new website in association with Surfers Against Sewage.

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