Travel Weekly Blog

Good news for the domestic market. Seventy three beaches across England have been awarded Quality Coast Awards by Encams, the environmental charity best known for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.

The award rates beaches on cleanliness, facilities and standards for the type of visitor their sandy stretch attracts - eg sporty types, families etc.

As a part of the awards, Encams has launched Qualitycoast.org, a website which allows users to search beaches against more than 100 criteria.

I looked up Croyde Bay in Devon where I used to go surfing and was impressed by the information - particularly liked the icons. The picture makes me want to be there now . . .

The British coastline is so diverse and so beautiful it is good to see awards and a web site to point people to the best our coastline has to offer.

Martin Couzins, acting editor