Blackpool Sands Beach

South Hams, England

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Excellent annual water quality rating

Blackpool Sands is on the south coast of Devon. It is a privately owned crescent of coarse golden sand and shingle, approximately 650 metres wide. The beach is set in a sheltered bay amongst evergreens and pines in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is surrounded by steeply rising fields and woods, and there is a stream that enters the sea at the southern end of the beach.

Water quality is classified as "Excellent" based on samples taken from the previous 4 years, 2021 through to 2024.

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