Beaches: Cumbria
(asked on 20th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the cleanliness of beaches in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria.
Charting Progress 2, published in 2010, made an assessment of marine pollution in UK waters. More details can be found at
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141203181034/http:/chartingprogress.defra.gov.uk/.
Further information on coastal waters is available through the Environment Agency’s Catchment Data Explorer at:
http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/.
The Environment Agency and Marine Management Organisation also work in partnership to achieve cleaner coasts and healthier seas by implementing the requirements of the Water Framework Directive and the Bathing Water Directive. These Directives set quality standards and drive improvements to coastal water quality.
Results of the 2014 bathing water quality monitoring in Cumbria are in the table below.
Bathing Water | Standard Achieved |
Walney Biggar Bank | minimum mandatory value |
Walney Sandy Gap | more stringent guideline value |
Walney West Shore | minimum mandatory value |
Haverigg | minimum mandatory value |
Silecroft | more stringent guideline value |
Seascale | minimum mandatory value |
Windermere, Lakeside YMCA | more stringent guideline value |
Windermere, Millerground Landing | more stringent guideline value |
Windermere, Fellfoot | more stringent guideline value |
St Bees | more stringent guideline value |
Allonby South | minimum mandatory value |
Allonby | minimum mandatory value |
Silloth | minimum mandatory value |
Defra works with and supports the work of “Keep Britain Tidy”. Haverigg, Silecroft and St Bees have won its Seaside Award, but no Cumbrian beaches have won a Blue Flag award this year.