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SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE - Surfers Against Sewage host two huge volunteer led Beach Clean events every year - the Big Spring Beach Clean and the Awesome Autumn Beach Clean. Thanks to 35,500 people volunteering the 2018 Big Spring Beach Clean saw this group remove over 63 TONNES of marine plastic pollution and litter from 575 beaches across the UK.



Coastal towns in any country depend on the quality of their beaches and attractions to tourist dollars.

 

 

Destination Hotels Beach Seafront Comfort Value Town score
Bamburgh, Northumberland £95 ***** *** **** ***** 89%
Portmeirion, Gwynedd £102 **** ***** ***** **** 88%
Dartmouth, Devon £125 * ***** **** *** 83%
North Berwick, East Lothian £143 **** **** **** **** 83%
St Mawes, Cornwall £105 *** ***** **** **** 83%
Beer, Devon £95 *** *** ***** *** 82%
St Andrews, Fife £129 **** **** ***** *** 82%
Aldeburgh, Suffolk £121 *** *** ***** *** 81%
Southwold, Suffolk £160 **** ***** **** *** 81%
Tenby, Pembrokeshire £99 ***** **** **** ***** 81%
Blakeney, Norfolk £115 ** *** **** *** 80%
Llandudno, Conwy £89 *** **** **** ***** 78%
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire £101 *** *** *** *** 78%
Sheringham, Norfolk £112 *** *** **** **** 78%
Saint Davids, Pembrokeshire £96 ***** **** **** **** 78%
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk £109 ***** **** **** **** 78%
Rye, East Sussex £120 *** ** **** *** 77%
St Ives, Cornwall £160 ***** **** **** *** 77%
Bude, Cornwall £87 ***** **** **** **** 76%
Criccieth, Gwynedd £97 *** *** **** **** 76%
Looe, Cornwall £87 **** **** **** ***** 76%
Sidmouth, Devon £140 *** **** ***** *** 76%
Swanage, Dorset £109 **** *** ***** *** 76%
Whitby, North Yorkshire £101 *** *** **** **** 76%
Conwy, Conwy £100 * *** ** *** 75%
Lyme Regis, Dorset £121 **** **** **** *** 75%
Lymington, Hampshire £139 na ** ***** *** 75%
Padstow, Cornwall £119 **** *** ***** ** 75%
Porthmadog, Gwynedd £102 *** ** **** **** 75%
Salcombe, Devon £210 ***** ***** **** *** 75%
Saltburn-by-the-Sea Nth Yorkshire £94 **** **** ** **** 75%
Swansea, Swansea £87 *** **** **** *** 75%
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear £64 ***** **** ** *** 75%
Whitstable, Kent £121 ** *** **** *** 75%
Appledore, Devon £85 *** *** **** **** 74%
Beaumaris, Anglesey £100 ** *** **** *** 74%
Lynmouth, Devon £87 * ** ***** **** 74%
Bournemouth, Dorset £99 ***** **** **** *** 73%
Deal, Kent £67 * **** **** ***** 73%
Dungeness, Kent £76 ** * ***** ***** 73%
Mevagissey, Cornwall £100 ** *** **** *** 73%
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire £99 *** *** ***** **** 73%
Plymouth, Devon £76 * *** *** **** 73%
Southsea, Hampshire £88 ** *** *** **** 73%
Filey, North Yorkshire £73 **** **** *** **** 72%
Fowey, Cornwall £130 * *** ** ** 72%
Oban, Argyll and Bute £109 na *** *** *** 72%
Scarborough, North Yorkshire £75 **** *** **** *** 72%
Broadstairs, Kent £110 **** *** **** *** 71%
Cromer, Norfolk £86 *** ***** **** **** 71%
Teignmouth, Devon £93 **** **** **** *** 71%
Berwick-upon-Tweed,Northumberland £87 **** ** **** *** 70%
Falmouth, Cornwall £125 *** *** **** *** 70%
Brighton, East Sussex £116 * ** **** ** 69%
Grange-over-sands, Cumbria £102 na **** ***** *** 69%
Eastbourne, East Sussex £64 *** **** **** *** 68%
Seahouses, Northumberland £85 *** *** *** *** 68%
Weymouth, Dorset £95 **** *** **** *** 68%
Exmouth, Devon £84 **** *** **** *** 67%
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion £83 * ** **** *** 66%
Brixham, Devon £85 * *** **** *** 66%
Dawlish, Devon £94 *** ** ***** *** 66%
Poole, Dorset £116 **** *** **** *** 66%
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear £61 **** **** *** *** 66%
Felixstowe, Suffolk £59 * ** *** *** 64%
Shanklin, Isle of Wight £76 **** ** *** *** 64%
Southport, Merseyside £79 ** *** *** *** 64%
Ayr, South Ayrshire £76 *** ** **** *** 63%
New Brighton, Merseyside £83 ** *** *** *** 63%
Porthcawl, Bridgend £68 *** ** *** *** 63%
Torquay, Devon £79 *** *** *** *** 63%
Ventnor, Isle of Wight £107 *** ** ***** *** 63%
Hastings, East Sussex £87 * ** *** *** 62%
Hunstanton, Norfolk £87 *** ** **** *** 62%
Folkestone, Kent £55 ** ** **** *** 62%
Lowestoft, Suffolk £75 **** *** ***** ** 62%
Newquamory, Cornwall £119 **** *** ***** ** 61%
Barmouth, Gwynedd £95 **** *** ** ** 60%
Ilfracombe, Devon £86 ** ** *** ** 60%
Penzance, Cornwall £115 * ** **** *** 60%
Worthing, West Sussex £81 ** *** *** *** 60%
Herne Bay, Kent £121 ** ** *** ** 58%
Blackpool, Lancashire £70 ** *** *** ** 57%
Littlehampton, West Sussex £138 *** *** *** *** 57%
Ramsgate, Kent £90 * ** **** * 57%
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire £65 *** ** *** *** 56%
Minehead, Somerset £82 * ** **** ** 56%
Morecambe, Lancashire £60 ** *** **** ** 55%
Margate, Kent £104 *** ** **** * 54%
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk £69 *** ** **** * 53%
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset £74 ** *** *** * 53%
Fleetwood, Lancashire £65 * * ** * 51%
Skegness, Lincolnshire £65 *** ** *** * 50%
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset £77 ** * *** * 49%
Bognor Regis, West Sussex £96 * * **** * 47%
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex £116 *** ** **** * 47%

 

 

Using the table: Star ratings range from one to five. A dash (–) indicates that there were not enough responses to provide a rating. The town scores were based on a combination of overall satisfaction and how likely people are to recommend the location as a holiday destination. Some of the scoring criteria are not shown in the list above. Pleas visit the Which site for more details.

 

 

 

VOLUNTEER BEACH CLEANERS -James, Rebekah and Adina, who came from Scunthorpe to help the clean-up at Cleethorpes for World Oceans Day.

 

 

World Ocean Day was celebrated around the globe on Saturday, June 8 to celebrate the seas and help protect the wildlife and biodiversity within them.

 

 

 

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