The blue flag beaches you can visit in Sussex as heatwave hits

Here are four of the best beaches in Sussex you can visit as the heatwave hits. Temperatures are soaring this week, with Brighton expected to bask in temperatures of 24 degrees on Thursday . With that in mind, here are some of the best beaches you can visit in Sussex.

The four in Sussex with Blue Flag accreditation are West Wittering Beach near Chichester; Hove beach; Saltdean beach and the beach in St Leonards, Hastings. An internationally-recognised award, the Blue Flag programme has been running for four decades and is headed up by the Foundation for Environmental Education, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. In order to qualify, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety-related and access-related criteria must be met and maintained.



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