Beaches that failed to make the grade

A total of 52 UK beaches failed European water quality tests according to this year's Good Beach Guide.

The figure is twice last year's, but still lower than the 2003 total, said the Marine Conservation Society.

THE FAILING UK BEACHES 2005

Beach	Location
Isle of Man
Summerhill	Douglas
Central	Douglas
Broadway	Douglas
Garwick	Isle of Man
Ramsey	Isle of Man
Peel	Isle of Man
Gansey Bay	Isle of Man
Kirk Michael	Isle of Man
Jurby	Isle of Man
North East
Staithes	North Yorkshire
Crimdon - Park	Durham
Druridge Bay North	Northumberland
Spittal	Northumberland
North West
Haverigg	Cumbria
Mariners Road	Crosby
Hall Road West	Crosby
Northern Ireland
Castlerock	Londonderry
Carnlough	Antrim
Ballygally	Antrim
Ballyholme	Down
Ballyhalbert	Down
Scotland
Pathhead Sands	Fife
Lower Largo	Fife
St Cyrus	Aberdeenshire
Ettrick Bay, Bute	Argyll & Bute
Helensburgh	Argyll & Bute
Stevenston	North Ayrshire
Irvine - Gailes (New Town)	North Ayrshire
Largs - Main	North Ayrshire
Barassie	South Ayrshire
Greenan	South Ayrshire
Croy	South Ayrshire
Mossyard	Dumfries & Galloway
Carrick Bay	Dumfries & Galloway
Southerness	Dumfries & Galloway
South East
Main beach	Broadstairs, Kent
South West
Combe Martin	Devon
Hele beach	Ilfracombe, Devon
Church Beach	Lymre Regis, Dorset
Wales
Abergele - Towyn	Conwy
Traeth Bach	Anglesey
Plas Menai	Gwynedd
Abererch	Gwynedd
Criccieth - West End	Gwynedd
Carreg Wen	Gwynedd
Ynyslas - Northern Groyne (Sea)	Ceredigion
Llanina	Ceredigion
Patch	Ceredigion
Abercastle	Pembrokeshire
Ferryside Beach	Carmarthenshire
Swansea Bay - County Hall	Swansea
Penarth	Vale of Glamorgan
Total	52
Source: Marine Conservation Society