Report a Council beach that needs cleaning

We are responsible for cleaning many beaches across Cornwall. We only clean beaches that we own or that are privately leased through the Council.

We prioritise the beaches depending on their location, usage and time of year.

We set the standards they are cleaned to and use the Defra Cleanliness National Indicators.

Cleaning is carried out by our contractor, Biffa Municipal Ltd.

Please see this list of beaches cleaned by Cornwall Council and their cleaning priorities.

Beach cleaning priority	Seasonal period
	Main		Peak		Off peak
	Frequency of beach monitoring and cleaning	Standard	Frequency of beach monitoring and cleaning	Standard	Frequency of beach monitoring and cleaning	Standard
Low	Reactive	Grade B	Weekly	Grade B	Reactive	Grade B
Medium	Daily	Grade B	Daily	Grade B	Weekly	Grade B
High	Daily	Grade A	Daily	Grade A	Weekly	Grade B

Seasonal period	Dates	Notes
Main	1 May - 30 September	Including 2 weeks over Easter holidays and Easter Weekend,1 week over October half-term and 1 week over Christmas.
Peak	Mid July - end of the first week of September
Off peak	1 October - 30 April	Excluding 2 weeks over Easter holidays,1 week over October half-term and 1 week over Christmas.

Last Updated:

18/08/2023

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