Three beaches in the Burnham-On-Sea area have been praised as being among the UK’s cleanest.
Berrow Beach, Brean Beach and Brean Cove are on a list of the UK’s top rural beaches, released on Tuesday by campaigners Keep Britain Tidy.
Apart from being given a clean bill of health for the state of their sands, the beaches also have proper access, clean toilets and good health and safety provision, said the group.
The water has been assessed too by the Environment Agency – and is clean enough to paddle in.
“The great strength of our coastline is that it has so many different things to offer,” said Alan Woods, Chief Executive of Keep Britain Tidy.
“I think we have banished the tacky image of dirty sands, clapped-out amenities and polluted water to the dustbin of history – and people are genuinely enjoying our coastline again.”
“But we need to celebrate the diversity of our seaside more aggressively and push it as a place where you can enjoy everything from a morning catching the surf to a lively night out on the town.”
A book giving more in-depth detail about our local winning beaches and the others on the list will be published in May.
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Beache guide for Burnham-On-Sea, Berrow and Brean
