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Blue Flag Beach Award

Blue Flag logo Blue Flag beach awards are extremely difficult to obtain with only four being held across Britain.

Happily the Isle of Wight has four Blue Flag awards (as at Jan 2015) – Ventnor, Sandown, Colwell and Yaverland.

OnTheWight has covered these awards many times over the years:-

6, March 2006·1 min read

Hurrah for the volunteer lifeguards, keeping our bay safe!

28, September 2006·1 min read

Brilliant news for Ventnor as it’s confirmed that there will be paid lifeguards on the beach between May and September...

27, April 2007·1 min read

This just in from the Council via Mark (thanks) … great news about the investment into the lifeguards and their...

17, May 2007·1 min read

News out today reveals that beaches at Ryde East, Sandown and Shanklin all achieved their Blue Flag status from the...

29, May 2007·1 min read

Well done to Ventnor and the rest of the Island too, as each and every beach on the Isle of...

8, October 2007·1 min read

The town council meeting tonight has a number of item that might be of interest. Ventnor’s two Town Centre Managers...

2, June 2008·1 min read

Ventnor’s intrepid lifeguards are back on the beach, overseeing the safety of those using the beach and the sea. They’ve...

2, June 2008·1 min read

Two exciting Blue Flag educational initiatives are about to be launched in Ventnor. It’s all part of the drive for...

5, June 2008·2 min read

Great news reaches us this week that Ventnor Beach has once again been awarded Blue Flag Status! This is fabulous...

11, June 2008·1 min read

Following the fantastic news that Ventnor has once again been awarded a Blue Flag, Mayor Susan Scoccia announced on Monday...

16, June 2008·1 min read

The skies were blue, the sun was shining and there was a great turnout this afternoon for the official hoisting...

16, June 2008·1 min read

Island Council Leader and general Boy Wonder, David Pugh, be-decked in sunshades (surely not covering any Festival excesses?!?) chatted to...

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