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Guidelines for beach recreation
European marine features where activity takes
place
Code of practice
Useful addresses
This group of activities encompasses land and
water based activities including sunbathing, swimming, rock
pooling and beach games. As an informal activity that can take
place wherever people are able to gain access to a beach, it
is difficult to quantify the number of participants, although
tourism figures suggest that 8% of all countryside day trips
are taken in coastal locations.
European marine features where activity takes
place
This activity can take place in the vicinity
of marine features which are generally accessible from the land
side.
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Likely to occur
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Unlikely to occur
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Sand dunes
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ü
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Saltmarshes
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ü
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Mud and Sand Flats
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ü
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Sandbanks
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ü
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Inlets and Bays
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ü
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Lagoons
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ü
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Reefs
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ü
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Sea Caves
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ü
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Common Seal
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ü
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Grey Seal
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ü
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Bottlenose Dolphin
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ü
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Codes of practice
None available
Useful Addresses
English Tourist Board Scottish Tourist Board Welsh Tourist
Board
Thames Tower 22 Ravelston Terrace Brunnel House
Blacks Road Edinburgh 2 Fitzalan Road
Hammersmith AB31 3TW Cardiff
London SY23 3AL
W6 9EL
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
St Annes Court
59 North Street
Belfast
BT1 1NB
Characteristics of activity and management
issues associated with beach recreation
Summary of potential environmental impacts
associated with beach recreation
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