Blue Flag Beaches in England

Blue Flag beach holidays in England

We all love a beach holiday but if you are looking for the best English beaches to take your family too, then look out for the Blue Flag Beaches which you will find across England.

The Blue Flag award is an International standard that only gives its prestigious award to those beaches that meet and exceed the highest standards including water quality, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.

Whether you are looking for golden sandy beaches, rolling surfing waves or coastal paths to explore the Blue Flag point the way to some of the best. Please note that the Beach awards are updated annually - usually in May.

We have also listed below English beaches that have won Keep Britain Tidy's prestigious Quality Coast Award

 

English Blue Flag Beaches (2012 awards)

Below we have provided the 2012 Blue Flag list of the best beaches in England. We have also highlighted where you can find good self catering cottages and apartments close to the Blue Flag beach so you can have a short break or holiday.

Dorset Blue Flag Beaches

  • Bournemouth - Alum Chine, Durley Chine, Fisherman's Walk, Southbourne Beach
  • Poole - Branksome Chine, Canford Cliffs Chine, Sandbanks Peninsula, Shore Road
  • Swanage - Central

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Cornwall Blue Flag Beaches

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Devon Blue Flag Beaches

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Lincolnshire Blue Flag Beaches

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East Yorkshire Blue Flag Beaches

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North Yorkshire Blue Flag Beaches

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Tyne and Wear Blue Flag Beaches

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Teeside

  • Seaton Carew Centre

 

English Quality Coast Award (2012 awards)

Keep Britain Tidy's Quality Coast Award recognises and reward beaches in England that achieve the highest standards of beach management.

Lincolnshire Quality Coast Award Winners

Norfolk Quality Coast Award Winners

Essex Quality Coast Award Winners

  • East Beach, Shoeburyness
  • Three Shells Beach
  • Jubilee Beach
  • Thorpe Bay Beach
  • Clacton on Sea - Martello Bay, West Beach
  • Frinton on Sea - Frinton Beach
  • Harwich Beach
  • Walton on the Naze, Albion Beach
  • Walton, The Naze

Suffolk Quality Coast Award Winners

Dorset Quality Coast Award Winners

Devon Quality Coast Award Winners

Somerset Quality Coast Award Winners

Kent Quality Coast Award Winners

Teeside Quality Coast Awards

  • Seaton Carew Centre

Tyne and Wear Quality Coast Award Winners

Cumbria Quality Coast Award Winners

  • Haverigg
  • Seascale
  • Silecroft
  • St Bees
  • Morecambe North
  • Morecambe South
  • Jubilee Beach, Cleveleys
  • Ferry Beach, Fleetwood

West Sussex Quality Coast Award Winners

East Sussex Quality Coast Award Winners

Isle of Wight Quality Coast Award Winners

East Yorkshire Quality Coast Award Winners

  • Barmston
  • Danes Dyke
  • Fraisthorpe
  • South Landing
  • Wilsthorpe
  • Filey Bay

North Yorkshire Quality Coast Award Winners

 

 

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