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Blue Flag Beaches in England

England is one of United Kingdom's Blue Flag coastlines — 63 beaches across 29 beach towns, mapped below with certification status for each.

Every flag here is a season's award for water quality, safety, and environmental management — what a Blue Flag beach means covers the certification in depth.

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Beach towns

Bigbury-on-Sea1 beach mappedBlyth1 beach mappedBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 beaches mappedBrighton and Hove3 beaches mappedCornwall8 beaches mappedCroyde1 beach mappedDawlish1 beach mappedEast Devon3 beaches mappedEast Lindsey3 beaches mappedEast Riding of Yorkshire2 beaches mappedEast Suffolk2 beaches mappedEmpingham1 beach mappedFalmouth1 beach mappedLiverpool1 beach mappedNorth Norfolk6 beaches mappedNorth Tyneside3 beaches mappedSheerness1 beach mappedSouthend-on-Sea2 beaches mappedSt Ives1 beach mappedSt Leonards-on-Sea1 beach mappedStoke Fleming1 beach mappedSunderland1 beach mappedSwanage1 beach mappedTendring4 beaches mappedThanet4 beaches mappedWest Wittering1 beach mappedWestward Ho!1 beach mappedWhitby1 beach mappedWhitstable1 beach mapped

Beaches

Liverpool

Stoke Fleming

Blyth

Thanet

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Tendring

St Ives

East Lindsey

Bigbury-on-Sea

North Norfolk

Cornwall

Croyde

Dawlish

Southend-on-Sea

East Devon

East Suffolk

Falmouth

East Riding of Yorkshire

Brighton and Hove

St Leonards-on-Sea

Sunderland

  • Roker
    Sand beach
    Certified since 2026

Empingham

Sheerness

Swanage

Whitstable

North Tyneside

West Wittering

Westward Ho!

Whitby

  • Whitby
    Sand beach
    Certified since 2026

Field notes — quick answers

How many Blue Flag beaches are in England?

We currently map 63 certified Blue Flag beaches in England, United Kingdom, across 29 beach towns — each listed below with its certification year.

What does Blue Flag certification tell you about England's water?

A Blue Flag is awarded season by season for excellent bathing-water quality plus safety, services, and environmental management. Certified Best Beaches is an independent directory, not affiliated with FEE, the certifier.