Enjoy our coast in safety at weekend
AUTUMN is on the doorstep, but with fine weather Sefton’s coastline will continue to attract day-trippers in numbers for a good few weeks yet.
Although the height of summer may have passed, key messages for enjoying the coast remain the same all year round.
And with the last of summer’s Bank Holidays looming next Monday it’s a good time to revisit the coastal mantra that ensures people can respect, protect and enjoy the Sefton Coast in safety, and without damaging our precious habitats.
So Sefton Council has passed on a big ‘well done’ to pupils from Years 1 and 4 at St Luke’s Halsall C of E School for creating colourful beach safety banners that are now on display at Crosby seafront – the beach that pupils visit.
The banners were designed earlier this year while the children were undertaking a project around staying safe while visiting the coast.
Anyone visiting Crosby is urged to look out for them as well as the permanent safety signs which can be found at every access point to the beach.
They highlight that Crosby is not a designated bathing beach and that other possible dangers like soft mud & sand, as well as incoming tides, mean that people should stay within 50m of the promenade and sea wall.
Please follow the advice of RNLI lifeguards during your visit, they are on patrol at all Sefton beaches during the summer months:
Visit a lifeguarded beach and swim between the red and yellow flags (no swimming at beaches like
Crosby that are not designated bathing water)
If you get into trouble in the water ‘Float to Live’ – lie on your back and relax, resisting the urge to thrash about
Call 999 or 112 in an emergency and ask for the Coastguard
Plan your beach visit with everything you need to know on our dedicated beaches page www.sefton. gov.uk/beaches or more specific beach safety advice can be found on the RNLI website at www.rnli.org/ safety/beach-safety
And further up the coast, the work of pupils from Ainsdale St John’s Primary is on display on flag banners at Ainsdale beach entrance during good weather.
The pupils were anxious to remind visitors to look after this fragile environment and not litter.
Sometimes the wisdom of children is something older visitors would do well to take on board.
Stay safe and take heed of the messages on signage and banners on site.
If you are visiting the Sefton Coast this Bank Holiday weekend, please do not bring any barbecues or start fires anywhere – they are not allowed.
Take your litter home with you – if you bring it, you can take it away too.
Do not disturb the wildlife of the coastline or damage habitat.
This means keeping dogs out of pools, not disturbing resting birds on our beaches, and not camping or behaving in an anti-social way.
Most of this coastline is made up of protected nature reserves and should be respected as such.