Beaches clean up with Seaside Award
Seven sandy stretches have been earmarked for a Seaside Award, administered by the environmental charity, with each flying a distinctive flag to highlight their achievement.
Award-winning Garden County beaches include: Belhaven Bay; Dunbar; Gullane Beach; Longniddry Bents; Longniddry Gosford Bay; Milsey Bay, North Berwick; West Beach, North Berwick and Yellowcraig Beach, near Dirleton.
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Hide AdMany of the listed beaches have retained the award for more than a decade, with Gullane the joint longest-standing recipient – alongside St Andrews West Sands Beach in Fife – boasting a record of 18 years.
The Seaside Award programme has been recognising Scotland's best-managed beaches for 18 years.
There are two categories to the Seaside Award, one which recognises the more rural nature of Scotland's beaches and a second for resort beaches.
Of the accolades, councillor Paul McLennan, the council's community wellbeing spokesman, said: "Tourism is an extremely important component of the local economy and the high quality of the coastal environment attracts many visitors each year."