 Many of you will be heading for the beaches of Britain this summer and if you want to know how they rate on thing such as water quality, child safety, dog walking and surf then the goodbeachguide.co.uk site is the place to go.
It is published by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) - a UK charity set up for the protection of our shores, seas, and wildlife. It is the biggest UK and Ireland beach guide available with a description, photo and map for each of their 1,200 beaches.
For a more detailed look at safety on the beach you'll find a lot at the Royal National Lifeboat Institue's beachsafety.org.uk site, which is packed with sound beach advice from Weever Fish to How to Spot a Rip ! all on downloadable factsheets.
And do not forget the Blue Flag beach award site for the UK at blueflag.org.uk. This lists all the winners of the Blue Flag award with a detailed explanation of why they were chosen.
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