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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:-

18, June 2008·1 min read

On Monday lunchtime, members of the public, Ventnor and the Isle of Wight Council gathered down by the pumping station...

11, July 2008·1 min read

After our call out this morning for your positive stories about the Council, many thanks to John Allen for being...

6, May 2009·1 min read

Ventnor gains a Blue Flag once again.

7, May 2009·1 min read

IW come joint top in the UK for the most beach awards making it a very desirable destination for holidaymakers this year.

13, May 2010·1 min read

The Island takes joint top position again.

10, May 2011·1 min read

Ventnor, Sandown and Shanklin retain their Blue Flag status

18, May 2011·3 min read

Debby Robinson's report as Mayor of Ventnor for 2010-11

25, July 2011·1 min read

Another Green Flag for Appley Park

15, May 2012·1 min read

A total of 14 beach awards for the Island

22, May 2013·1 min read

More Blue Flags have been awarded to the Isle of Wight's beaches compared to 2012.

5, July 2013·1 min read

New signs will provide information on water quality and more.

25, July 2013·1 min read

Award-winning beaches will be trialling new short-term pollution monitoring scheme with the Environment Agency.

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