The North Wales beaches recognised for their clean waters and beautiful environments
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Three North Wales beaches have been recognised for their clean water and beautiful environments in this year's Keep Wales Tidy Awards 2025. The environmental charity said: "Wales boasts some of the most stunning and diverse coastline in the UK.
"The Wales Coast Awards play a vital role in protecting our precious marine environment and are recognised around the world as a symbol of quality. We've managed the Blue Flag, Green Coast Award and Seaside Award for more than 20 years.
"To attain one of these prestigious awards a beach, marina or tourism boat operator must meet and maintain the highest environmental standards and achieve tough water quality targets."
The winners of this years awards were:
Green Coast Award: Silver Bay (Traeth Llydan) Anglesey
(Image: Traeth Llydan beach in Rhosneigr, Anglesey (Image: Ian Cooper/North Wales Live))
The Green Coast award recognises the beautiful, untouched, rugged beaches that line so much of our coast. They may not have the facilities of more traditional seaside resorts, but Green Coast Award beaches have excellent water quality and are held to high environmental standards.
According to Keep Wales Tidy: "Silver Bay is a beautiful, remote beach facing south into Cymyran Bay. The beach is wide and sandy with rocky outcrops to clamber over and plenty of opportunities for rock pooling.
"It is also popular for sailing, surfing and canoeing. The beach is backed by a conifer plantation, a Holiday Park and farmland and is bound by low rocky headlands.
"There is no direct vehicular access to the beach and visitors should park at neighbouring Borth Wen beach before using the spectacular Anglesey Coast Path to access Silver Bay beach.
"The path follows the coast in both directions and offers fine views of the Rhosneigr beaches to the south. In keeping with its rural location there are no facilities at the beach but the nearby resort of Trearddur, to the north, has a selection of shops and services and hosts a popular annual oyster festival. Between Rhoscolyn and Treaddur is the Porth Diana Nature Reserve, home to the spotted rock rose, Anglesey's county flower."
Seaside Awards: Rhyl East, Prestatyn Central
(Image: Hadyn Iball / North Wales Live)
With a distinctive yellow and blue flag The Seaside Awards is given to attractive and well-managed coastal stretches.
According to Keep Wales Tidy Prestatyn Central Beach "is located between the Ffrith and Barkby Beaches, only half a mile from the town centre".
They said: "It is popular for watersports including surfing, sailing and windsurfing and has a large tidal range.
"A promenade joining Prestatyn's three beaches is more than 4 miles long and offers pleasant walking around the sandy bays. The promenade forms part of the North Wales Path. The beach also marks the beginning of the Offa's Dyke National Trail, which runs south to Chepstow, marking the boundary between Wales and England.
"There are cafes near the beach as well as a play area, leisure centre and traditional seaside amusements. A wide range of shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants can be found in the town centre. The area is an ideal base for cycling, with two local cycle routes starting in Prestatyn, one of which takes in the picturesque Dyserth Waterfall."
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