Lancaster City Council wins Quality Coast Award
Encams awards Lancaster City Council with prestigious award.
Lancaster City Council has scooped a top award that places one of Morecambe’s beaches among the best in the UK.
Encams, the national environmental charity which runs the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, has awarded Morecambe South beach a prestigious Quality Coast Award.
The award is a recognition of Lancaster City Council’s commitment to developing facilities in the town and is the second award for Morecambe this year, having been named Best Reinvented Seaside Town by Coast magazine in February.
Sharon Wilson, Promenade and Outdoor Facilities Manager at Lancaster City Council, said: “Now in its second year, the main focus of the Quality Coast Award is on raising standards at the coast.
“The award rewards high standards of beach management and I am delighted that we have been successful in our application for Morecambe South. There have been great improvements in recent years which are a credit to the hard work and dedication of staff.
“There will be an increasing importance of our coastline as many more people decide to stay at home this summer and they can be assured that Morecambe meets the very highest standards.”
Quality Coast Awards recognise coastal areas that achieve the very highest standards.
Issues looked at by Encams when deciding whether to make an award included beach cleansing, litter, visitor facilities, parking, signage and supervision on both the beach and promenade areas.
Developments taken into account when assessing Morecambe South, which runs from the Battery car park and the Midland Hotel, included the new sand on the beach.
As part of the final phases of the coastal defence works thousands of tonnes of sand were imported into the resort, sparking the launch of the Sandcastle Festival.
The third Sandcastle Festival will take place on Sunday August 16.
* For more information on the Quality Coast Award visit www.encams.org.
Date Published: 07/05/09