Where to Take Part in Great British Beach Clean Week Near You
Great British Beach Clean Week runs from 17th–26th September, when thousands of us take to our local beach to help tidy up
If you are joining one of the Marine Conservation Society’s beach clean ups, they recommend you pack a rucksack with a few essentials like sunscreen, waterproofs and hand sanitiser. And if you’re picking up litter with your hands, it’s worth wearing a strong pair of gloves – like gardening gloves – to make sure you’re protected.
As well as vital work cleaning up our coastline, you can become a Beachwatch Volunteer and join the Marine Conservation Society’s beach clean surveys? Volunteers note down all the items they find in a 100 metre stretch of beach – every lolly stick, lost toy or piece of plastic is recorded – and this data is hugely important to help track litter back to its source, and enables a more effective campaign for change.
Beach Stretch: Cocklawburn
When: 21st September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Cocklawburn Beach Middle car park
Beach Stretch: Beadnell Bay
When: 22nd September, 12pm–2pm
Meet: Main car park
Beach Stretch: Low Newton
When: 23rd September, 4:30pm–5:30pm
Meet: Start of the causeway
Beach Stretch: Druridge Bay to Cresswell Dunes
When: 17th September, 11am–1pm
Meet: Ice Cream Shop, Cresswell Beach
Beach Stretch: Collywell Bay
When: 19th September, 10am–11am
Meet: Southern end of the bay
Beach Stretch: St. Mary’s Island Nature Reserve
When: 25th September, 10am–1pm
Meet: North Gare Car Park
Beach Stretch: Whitley Bay
When: 18th September, 11am–1pm
Meet: St Mary’s Island South car park
Beach Stretch: Ryhope to Seaham
When: 18th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Seaham Hall
Beach Stretch: Red Acre Beach
When: 18th September, 12pm–2pm
Meet: On the Beach
Beach Stretch: Blast Beach
When: 25th September, 12:30pm–2:30pm
Meet: Grass next to Main car park
Beach Stretch: Denemouth South Beach
When: 18th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Limekiln Gill car park
Beach Stretch: Blackhall Rocks
When: 19th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Blackhall Rock car park
Beach Stretch: Teesmouth National Nature Reserve
When: 19th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: North Gare car park
Beach Stretch: Robin Hood’s Bay
When: 23rd September, 11:30am–1:30pm
Meet: On the slipway by the beach
Beach Stretch: Hayburn Wyke
When: 18th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Pay and display car park
Beach Stretch: Jacksons Bay North and South
When: 18th September, 11am–12pm
Meet: Sea Life Centre car park
Beach Stretch: Scarborough South Bay Beach
When: 17th September, 11am–1pm
Meet: RNLI slipway
Beach Stretch: Cayton Bay
When: 18th September, 9:30am–11:30am
Meet: Top of the path, near the surf shop car park
Beach Stretch: Filey
When: 19th September, 12:30pm–2:30pm
Meet: Slipway at Cobble Landing
Beach Stretch: Speeton Sands South
When: 20th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Church car park
Beach Stretch: Flamborough North Landing
When: 19th September, 11am–12pm
Meet: Cafe/boat shed on slope
Beach Stretch: Flamborough South Landing
When: 17th September, 8am–10am
Meet: By the lifeboat slipway
Beach Stretch: Bridlington North Sands
When: 23rd September, 4pm–5pm
Meet: Bottom of the slope
Beach Stretch: Ulrome
When: 18th September, 11am–12pm
Meet: On the beach
Beach Stretch: Withernsea
When: 18th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: On the beach
Beach Stretch: Paull
When: 18th September, 10am–12pm
Meet: Public car park off Thorngumbald Road
