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Movers and Shakers of the 2011 Blue Flag Beach Awards

It’s that time of year again when the beaches up and down Britain have woken up to discover whether or not they have been granted the coveted Blue Flag award for 2011. Winning this prestigious award pretty much guarantees that as soon as the sun comes out the beaches will be packed with holidaymakers and families eager to spend the day at the great British Seaside.

In total 70 beaches across England have been given the Blue Flag status for 2011, this is one less than last year.

2011 Beach Winners

The biggest winner this year is Torbay, whose beaches have received more blue flag awards than anywhere. Bognor Regis and Mundesley beaches both lost the status last year but have cleaned up their act to be given the 2011 blue flag beach.

Other well known UK Seaside destinations that received a good number of flags include Bournemouth, Skegness and Scarborough.

2011 Beach Losers

At the other end of the spectrum there will be disappointment for a number of popular beaches that failed to receive the award for 2011, despite holding it in previous years. Among those are Brighton’s Hove Lawns Beach, Bridlingtons North Beach and Blackpool South Beach. The South East coast also took a hit with six beaches within the Thanet region all loosing their blue flag status for 2011. These beaches were Stone Bay in Broadstairs, Margate Main Sands, Ramsgate Main Sands, Minnis Bay, West Bay in Westgate and St Mildred’s Bay in Westgate,

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – Official List

Below is the official list of all beaches awarded blue flag status for 2011. The list has been broken down by the following regions:

North East Beaches
Yorkshire and Humberside Beaches
Midlands Beaches
East Anglia Beaches
South West Beaches
South East Beaches

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – North East

• Whitley Bay Beach, Tyne and Wear
• Tynemouth Longsands South, Tyne and Wear
• Tynemouth King Edwards Bay, Tyne andWear
• Sandhaven beach, South Shields
• Roker bay, Tyne and Wear
• Seaburn, Tyne and Wear

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – Yorkshire and Humberside

• Hornsea Beach, East Yorkshire
• Withernsea Beach, East Yorkshire
• Filey Bay, North Yorkshire
• Whitby West Beach, North Yorkshire
• Scarborough North Bay, North Yorkshire

Blue Flag Beachers 2011 – East Midlands

• Central Beach Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
  Central Beach Skegness, Lincolnshire
• Central Beach, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire
• Cleethorpes Central, Lincolnshire

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – East Anglia

• Hunstanton Beach, Norfolk
• Cromer Beach, Norfolk
• Sea Palling Beach, Norfolk
• Mundesley, Norfolk
• Sheringham, Norfolk
• Chalkwell Beach, Essex
• East Beach, Shoeburyness, Essex
• Jubilee Beach, Essex
• Three Shells Beach, Essex
• Shoebury Common Beach, Essex
• Brightlingsea Beach, Essex
• Dovercourt Bay, Essex
• Clacton on Sea, Martello Bay, Essex
• Lowestoft South of Claremont Pier, Suffolk
• Lowestoft North of Claremont Pier, Suffolk
• Southwold Pier, Suffolk

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – South West

• Poole, Sandbanks Peninsular, Dorset
• Poole, Shore Road, Dorset
• Poole, Canford Cliffs Chine, Dorset
• Poole, Branksome Chine, Dorset
• Bournemouth, Alum Chine, Dorset
• Bournemouth, Durley Chine, Dorset
• Bournemouth, Fisherman’s Walk, Dorset
• Bournemouth, Southbourne Beach, Dorset
• Gyllyngvase, Cornwall
• Porthtowan, Cornwall
• Polzeath, Cornwall
• Porthminster, Cornwall
• Porthmeor, Cornwall
• Challaborough Bay, Devon
• Croyde Bay, Devon
• Woolacombe Sands, DevonSouth Sands, Devon
• Swanage Central, Dorset
• Dawlish Warren, Devon
• Torbay, Oddicombe Beach, Devon
• Torbay, Meadfoot Beach, Devon
• Torbay, Broadsands Beach, Devon
• Torbay, Breakwater Beach, Devon
• Torbay, Paignton Beach, Devon
• Torbay, Preston Sands, Devon
• Westward Ho!, Devon
• Tunnels Beaches, Devon
• Blackpool Sands, Devon
• Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon

Blue Flag Beaches 2011 – South East

• Littlehampton Coastguards, West Sussex
• Bognor Regis, West Sussex
• Hayling Island Beachlands, Hampshire
• Ventnor, Isle of Wight
• Sandown, Isle of Wight
• Shanklin, Isle of Wight
• Botany Bay, Broadstairs, Kent
• Joss Bay, Kent
• Westbrook Bay, Kent
• West Wittering Beach, West Sussex