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Blue Flag beaches , the Blue Flag award is a prestigious, international award scheme that aims to provide an assurance to tourists that a beach has met a minimum standard. To collect a Blue Flag any UK and Ireland beach must achieve the highest quality of water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.
Below we list the current beaches holding the Blue Flag award.
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Golden Strand beach is a sandy beach just to the east of Dugort. The beach here is backed by dunes and grass Read more…
Mullaghroe beachis a sandy beach backed by dunes and salt marshes. The bay is an area of scientific interest and popular with bird watchers. Read more…
King Edwards Bay Beach is a sheltered sandy beach backed by cliffs and grassy spaces ideal for families. The beach sits under Tynemouth Priory and Tynemouth Castle. The beach is also known as Tynemouth Short Sands after its longer “Long Sands” neighbour. Facilities include car parking, toilets, shops, food outlets, lifeguards and zoned areas for watersports. Read more…
Portrush West Strand beach is a sheltered sandy beach in the town next to the harbour. Watersports include windsurfing, canoeing and sailing. The west beach is closer to Portrush amenities than Whiterocks (East Strand) beach. Facilities include car parking, shops, harbour, toilets and places to eat. Read more…
West Runton beach is a nice rural quiet sand and shingle beach backed by low cliffs and at low tide, you have lots of sand and some rock pools. The beach is located between Cromer and Sheringham on the Norfolk coast. West Runton is a very popular beach and coast stretch for beachcombing and fossil hunters. Fossils of animals, birds Read more…
Shoebury Common Beach is a sand/shingle beach that overlooks the Thames Estuary and is bounded to the East by the land formerly occupied by the Shoeburyness Artillery Barracks. The beach is on the eastern end of the long continuous Southend seafront, backed by a promenade with beach huts. Facilities include parking, toilets, cafe, beach huts, promenade and a children’s play Read more…
Gyllyngvase beach, locally known as Gylly beach, is a very popular gently shelving sandy beach with rock pools to explore. This is the largest of the Falmouth beaches overlooked by Pendennis Castle and is a great location, just a 10-15 minute walk away from Falmouth centre. The beach has gentle rollers making it a popular swimming, surfing and stand-up paddle Read more…
Portsalon or Magherawarden beach is a large sandy beach gently shelving into the sea. The beach is backed by sand dunes. Portsalon is at one end of a large bay with three stretches of sand, Portsalon, Ballymastocker Bay and Stocker Strand. Car parking, toilets, seasonal lifeguards. Read more…
Ballybunion South is the larger of the two Ballybunion beaches. A long sandy beach beacked by dunes and a golf course. Read more…
Fanore beach is a sandy beach on the Atlantic coast of Ireland backed by large areas of sand dunes known as the “Rabbit Warren”, and at low tide, you have exposed limestone. This beach is an unspoilt beach located in the heart of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Global Geopark that makes this particularly interesting to botanists. Facilities at Read more…
Bundoran beach, a sandy beach facing Donegal Bay. Popular with surfers – left hand reef break. Read more…
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