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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:-

15, April 2014·1 min read

The Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) annual Good Beach Guide survey gives ratings for water quality. Find out how your nearest beach was rated.

20, May 2014·1 min read

There are Blue Flags for four Isle of Wight beaches and Seaside Awards for 13 others. Another coup for the Isle of Wight!

20, May 2014·1 min read

Questions have been raised as to what happens to beach awards next year if the council cannot find third parties to fund beach cleaning.

16, September 2014·1 min read

Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight is one of the best beaches in the UK according to the travel experts at Rough Guides.

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