Blue Flag award for beach

West Wittering Beach has retained both its Blue Flag and Seaside Awards for 2022.

The beach, run by West Wittering Estate plc, scooped two of the 209 awards handed out by Keep Britain Tidy, which are given to the best beaches in the country each year. They are considered a seal of quality, guaranteeing visitors a clean, safe and well-managed coastal area. Once called the Quality Coast Award, the flags are thought to set the national standard for the best beaches across the UK.

Allison Ogden-newton OBE, Keep Britain Tidy’s chief executive added: “People who visit a beach flying a Blue Flag or Seaside Award can be assured the beach will be clean, safe and meet the highest environmental standards, as well as international bathing water quality standards.”

Other areas in Sussex which have won awards include Worthing Beach, Bognor Regis East and Littlehampton Coastguards.