A Yorkshire Hotel Has Some Of The Best Yorkshire Beaches In The World
Yes it’s official Yorkshire beaches have been confirmed as some of the best in the world.
Yorkshire has been awarded five Blue Flag awards by anti-litter charity Keep Britain Bang Tidy because of the beaches high standard of cleanliness, safety , environmental management and water quality.
For people traveling to a Yorkshire hotel this summer this is excellent news, why travel abroad when you can enjoy fantastic beaches on your doorstep.
Hornsea and Withernsea will be pleased to have regained their blue flag status after missing out last year whilst Whitby, Scarborough’s North Bay and Filey retained the coverted award.
The only major beach to miss out on the prestigious Blue Flag was Bridlington who missed out by a whisker this year.
Other beaches such as Bridlington, Robin Hoods Bay, Sandsend and Runswick Bay all won a Quality Coast Award (QCA) with Yorkshire having a higher concentration then any other region.
North Yorkshire’s beaches haven’t had it all their way though with the news that Yorkshire Water has been fined after Runswick Bay had sewage pollution released into it’s beck accidentally.
The pump at one of their stations pumped sewage into the beck at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire Water have been fined £75,000.
Since the outburst Yorkshire Water has made significant improvements to the faulty station to make sure it will never happen again, they also took full responsibility for the incident.
North Yorkshire beaches will also not be pleased to hear about news that beaches such as Staithes, Bridlington South and Robin Hoods Bay will be unfit to swim in judging by new quality standards coming into effect in 2015.
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