Portfolio 2013 - Cleethorpes In Bloom

Cleethorpes in
Bloom.
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IN BLOOM JUDGING ROUTE
SPONSORS
The following list of sponsors have all kindly donated to Cleethorpes In Bloom. It
would not be possible for the Committee to complete the work displayed throughout
the resort and through all of the seasons without this support. The Committee would
therefore like to express it‟s profound thanks for the contribution of the sponsors
listed below. The Committee would also like to extend it‟s thanks to those who have
given time, equipment and been of support in other ways to the Cleethorpes In
Bloom campaign 2013; unfortunately too many to mention individually. To all those
concerned we extend our sincere and grateful thanks.
1.Cleethorpes Town Hall, 2. Alexandra Road 3. Sea Road, 4. Pier Gardens, 5. Dolphin Garden, s, High Street,
7. Isaacs Hill, 8. Roundabout, 9. Memorial Hall, 10. Cleethorpes Childrens Centre, 11. St Peters Ave, 12. St
Peters Church, 12a. Crowhill Ave & Kew Rd, 13 Cambridge Street, 14. High Cliff, 15. Waterfall, 16. High Cliff
Road, 17 Kingsway 18. Floral Display, 19 Kingsway, 20. Diana Princess of Wales Garden, 21Leisure Centre,
22. Kings Road, 23 Meridian Point Retail Park, 24. Chichester Road, 25. Taylors Ave, 26. Belvoir Rd. 27. Pear
Tree Pub, 28, Grimsby Rd, 29. Cleethorpes Country Park, 30. Whitehall Country Cottages, 31. North Sea Lane,
32. Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, 33. Salt Marsh, 34 Sand Dunes, 35. Cleethorpes Boating Lake, 36. Lolly
Pop Train 37. Ross Castle 38 Knoll Street.
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Phillips 66.
Grimsby Telegraph
Warvill Wholesale Supplies
Cleethorpes Chronicle
Dunlop Oil and Marine Ltd.
Alford Garden Centre
Parkway Cinema
Hull and Humber Chamber of
Commerce
Haith's Seeds
Stagecoach
Mal Mark Trophies
Cleethorpes Flower Club
Comley Cameras Ltd.
Prospect Farm (Brigsley)
Mr & Mrs Pidgen
Mr & Mrs D. Dowling
Beachcomber Holiday Park
LFA Tai Chi (Cleethorpes)
Lollipop Express Road Train
Oddballs Crazy Golf
MKM (Grimsby) Builders Merchants
Cleethorpes Showground Caravan
Park
Balfour Beatty Living Places
John Roe Toyota
Carr & Carr (Builders) Ltd
Forrester Boyd
North East Lincolnshire Council
Haverstoe Ward Councillors
Waltham Herbs
Rotary Club of Cleethorpes
KRN Nurseries
Past Rotarians Club of Cleethorpes
McCann
Willys Wine Bar
Cleethorpes Town Team
The Notts Restaurant &Pub
Dunlop Oil & Matine
Sidney Sussex Ward Councillors
Humberston & New Waltham Ward
Councillors
Croft Baker Ward Councillors
Grimsby Institute of Further& Higher
Education
Cleethorpes Children's Centre
Bursar Primary School
Kingsway Hotel
Rachel McWilliam
The Lodge of Old Clee 8697
Crowhill Neighbourhood Watch
Kew Road Neighbourhood Watch
Whitehall Country Cottages
St Peters C of E Primary School
McCormacks Bar Pleasure Island
R.N.L.I. (Cleethorpes)
Beacon Hill Allotments & Leisure Garden Society
Pasture Pets & Pond Supplies
Winterton & District Gardeners Club
Healing W I
Oddballs Crazy Golf
Louth & District Garden Society
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CONTENTS
MEDIA & PUBLIC AWARENESS
Bringing more resident into the Cleethorpes in Bloom family we have looked
at the new forms of communication.
Launching the Facebook page has
brought in more followers and picked up
some constructive views.
We have also launched our
new web site on
www.cleethorpesinbloom.or
g. This site has given us the
ability to manage our own
web site and keep a rolling
news page. We can also
receive competition entries
and sponsorship. Also with
the ever growing need to
keep informed even when
on the move our web site
has gone mobile. This gives
you the ability to follow
Cleethorpes in Bloom on
your mobile phone.
Introduction
Foreword
Chairman & Vice Chairman — Bob Callison & Jeff Blanchard
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Parks & Open Spaces Manager, NELC
Cleethorpes in Bloom Committee
Review of 2012
A photographic record of our 2010 activities and projects
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Jubilee Woods
Cover Picture
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Environmental Responsibility
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Blown Sand
Street Lighting
Recycling
Blue Flag
Coast
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Horticultural Achievements
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Chapman's Pond
Cleethorpes Country Park
Community Participation
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Local competition.
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Public Art
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Media & Public Awareness
Press, Media and Informing the Public
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Sponsors
Details of our sponsors and the support they provide
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FOREWORD
Chairman - Bob Callison
As I look back over the years as Chairman of the Cleethorpes in-Bloom
Team it has been an honour to have lead what I would call a remarkable
Dedicated hard working and totally enthusiastic committee. 2012 was
once again a fantastic year for the resort of Cleethorpes achieving Gold
awards in both regional and national competitions. Once again through
our partnership working with North East Lincolnshire Council and their very dedicated and
hard working beach safety and the grounds maintenance staff Cleethorpes received the
Blue Flag for the quality of our beaches. And it did not stop their 2012 Cleethorpes won a
Gold in the RHS Champion of Champions and a Gold in the East Midlands In Bloom, So I
can only echo to what the RHS and East Midlands Judges have all ready said that Cleethorpes is one of the best coastal Resorts in Great Britain and how true that was in 2009
when we were crowned the over all Gold winner in the coastal category. I must say as the
Chairman of the Cleethorpes In-Bloom it gives me an over whelming sense of pride and
great pleasure when I here thousands of residents and visitors in Cleethorpes say what a
(fantastic) place Cleethorpes is.
So how can we better that in 2013 ?
Well I can tell you that the race is on again to take a gold awards in the East Midlands Regional awards this July, And we are up against the best of the best again as a finalist in the
Royal Horticultural Society‟s Nationals awards in August as well. “fingers crossed for another Gold.” I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all our Sponsors, local Business,
Community Groups, Schools, Volunteers and of course not forgetting our Partners of North
East Lincolnshire Council with there dedicated officers and hard working ground staff, This
is a perfect example of how partnership working can and does work as a roll model for
many to follow. The Pride and Enthusiasm for Cleethorpes to do well not just by the InBloom Team but by the residents of Cleethorpes as well “is my very own reward” and as I
have already said am honoured and proud to lead this Gold award resort again into this
years competitions. By the time the judges arrive here in July the resort will be full of colour
again with beautiful floral displays and modifications will have bean made to our sea front
gardens and promenades with new works of art that will give that breath taking WOW factor. From the bottom of my heart I can not thank the residents and the In-Bloom Team
enough for making the resort of Cleethorpes the Best in Britain. Well done!
SEA ROAD GARDENS
The four beds along the centre of Sea
Road have provided a unique feature for
the Cleethorpes Resort and the
Cleethorpes In Bloom campaign. All the
gardens are sponsored, planted and
designed to reflect the skills and interest of
the groups they represent.
The herb garden is sponsored by Waltham
Herbs a local specialist nursery. It provides
a range of different foliage colours and
shapes, and provides a wonderful aroma
too (above right).
The second garden was designed by the
staff and students of the Grimsby Institute
of Further and Higher Education. They
have created a garden which represents
the sea and has now matured with lovely
use of decorative grasses and creative
planting (below).
Formally the Humber Clipper round the
world yacht race sponsored bed last year
Sentiments Independent Funeral Home
sponsored the “sails” feature with the
planting being done by N. E. Lincs Council.
The final bed is sponsored by KRN
Nurseries who are the supplier to the
Councils and Cleethorpes In Bloom. In the
Spring and Summer this bed is a riot of
colour and displays the horticultural talent
of the growers at KRN.
Cleethorpes in Bloom Committee 2012
Mike Sleight, Tony Corrigan, Ann Tulk, Graham Fowler, Darral Speight, Peter Feltz, Rod Dean, Alan Fletcher
Jeff Blanchard Vice Chair, Bob Callison Chairman, Teressa Bassett.
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CHRISTMAS
This year the Christmas tree lighting ceremony held in partnership with St. Peter’s Church and the Sea View St. traders group was a grand affair. The committee provided 2 trees outside St Peters
Church (Left) and the Memorial Hall
(Below). Lighting the trees was a joint
event finishing with the Sea View St
tree on High Cliff.
Vic Chairman - Jeff Blanchard
Part of my message in the 2012 portfolio mentioned the biggest
challenge yet for Team Cleethorpes, the Britain In Bloom Champion of
Champions Competition. However, little did I know what Mother Nature
had around the corner. The winter of 2010/11 was a disaster, as far as
gardening was concerned, Spring 2012 proved very warm which
brought on a hose pipe ban and then, of course, it never stopped
raining! We sourced a water supply, free of charge, which enabled the
NELC watering team to go about their job, throughout Grimsby and
Cleethorpes, without fear of criticism. The efforts of Team Cleethorpes,
a successful partnership between business, the local authority, schools, local people and
local organisations, enabled Cleethorpes to achieve a RHS GOLD AWARD in the
Champion of Champions Competition and a GOLD AWARD and Category Winner in the
East Midlands In Bloom Competition. A successful year for a successful partnership.
2013 offers other challenges, in March the gale force winds blew sand off the foreshore
which totally covered the promenade and adjacent flower beds, however, to look at the
flower beds now you wouldn‟t know there had been a crisis and we are again sourcing our
water from an environmentally friendly source. We are again entered in the East Midlands
In Bloom and Britain In Bloom Competitions and to cap it all we are hosting the prestigious
RHS Britain In Bloom Awards Ceremony in October, a real honour and I have every
confidence that Team Cleethorpes will once again rise to the occasion and answer, “Yes
we can!” when asked, “Can we do it?”
Rod Dean—Parks and Open Spaces Manager, NEL
2012 JUBILEE BALL
Once again The Humber Royal
Hotel, Grimsby was the host to
the great success of the joint
Summer Ball and the proceeds
were split equally between the
three In Bloom groups building
on last year‟s success. This
year we took the opportunity to
mark the Queens Jubilee. The
evening was a great night of
fantastic entertainment, fine dinning and dancing.
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Having only been in post since August 2012 after taking over
from the former Parks and Open Spaces Manager I have had
to grasp the reigns early in order to maintain continuity and to
follow on from a successful 2012 where Cleethorpes In-bloom
achieved Gold. Although we had a firm foundation in place for
me to work from. Due to the on-going budgetary constraints
that North East Lincolnshire is experiencing it was imperative
that a meeting was held between the Deputy Leader of North
East Lincolnshire Council the Chair of Cleethorpes In Bloom
and myself in order to agree the way forward for the forthcoming campaign.
Therefore I‟m pleased to say we remain firmly committed to the In Bloom Campaign
Borough although it is continually looking for efficiencies to ensure best practice
and value for money. Discussions between the Deputy Leader & Chair of
Cleethorpes In Bloom centred around areas of interest where horticultural &
environment improvements could be made e.g. removing several flower beds, tired
old shrub beds and replenishing with sustainable colourful low growing planting
schemes, along with identifying areas that could be turned over to colourful wild
flower meadows. Also on the agenda was the re-siting of various hanging & barrier
baskets in order to optimise maximum positioning and effect. As with previous years
strong partnerships are still set in place with a wide range of community groups,
friends of local Parks, Schools and the neighbouring Grimsby and Immingham InBloom Committees. As Parks and Open Spaces Manager for North East
Lincolnshire I look forward to working in partnership with Cleethorpes In Bloom to
achieve high Horticultural and Environmental standards throughout the Borough.
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REVIEW OF 2012
This blooming marvellous figurehead
loves Cleethorpes! The chairman of
Cleethorpes In Bloom Bob Callison
has enjoyed brightening up the resort – and that is the reason for his
nomination for the Grimsby Telegraph-backed campaign improving
Cleethorpes Together.
Dig for victory: Promoting the Cleethorpes In Bloom annual garden
competition are, from left, Alan
Fletcher, Cleethorpes In Bloom
committee member, Craig Champion, senior supervisor for Alfords
Garden Centre and Nurseries, and
Geff Blanchard, vice-chairman of
Cleethorpes In Bloom.The group
are pictured at the Alfords Garden
Centre and Nurseries.
Lincolnshire is known as bomber county, from the second world war when most of
the air fields in Lincolnshire were home to bomber squadrons like 617. We still
have a strong connection to the R.A.F. as the home of the Battle of Britain Flight
and the Red Arrows.
A special award from the Cleethorpes in Bloom committee for
looking after the pond of the Boy
With The Leaking Boot went to
Pasture Pets And Ponds and was
presented, from left, by deputy
mayor of North East Lincolnshire
Councillor Peggy Elliott, vicechairman Jeff Blanchard and
chairman Bob Callison, to Pasture
Pets And Ponds staff Paul Shakespeare, Mark Gardon, Ann Murphy, Phillipa Coupland, Chris
Chaffer and Danielle Arnold.
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In North East Lincolnshire we are also proud of our navel connections and 2012
we were delighted to welcome HMS Grimsby to her home port. She spent a week
in the Borough and ships company attended several events both formal and informal as they were welcomed by all members of the community.
2013 and our forces are on active service defending our security, freedom and
way of life, and the Army seem to be lead service in these conflicts. This has been
brought home to the group recently with a friend of our Ecology Officer seriously
injured on active service in Afghanistan.
On Armed Forces Day this year a parade lead by the Band of H.M. Royal Marines
marched along Alexandra Road to High Cliff were a Memorial Gate was dedicated
to all our Armed Forces and a wreath laying ceremony took place. This was followed by a flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, a Typhon and a Mustang.
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Public Art
REVIEW OF 2012
From natural, wildlife-enhancing displays to colourful hanging baskets,
the East Midlands In Bloom regional
awards judges took a tour of the
town to inspect the good work Cleethorpes In Bloom carries out all year
round.
The earliest record of donkey‟s working on beaches is 1780. They
were chosen because of the gentle nature quiet dispersion and
were often ridden side-saddle. Gladys Nuttall and her husband
Buster operated donkeys on Cleethorpes Beach for many years
and Gladys was also an active member of the community. She
raised many thousands of pounds for local charities and served as
a Counsellor and Mayor of Cleethorpes Borough Council. The statue of a Donkey in Pear Gardens has been dedicated to Gladys.
Members of Cleethorpes in Bloom committee with
council and rail officers viewing the art work on
Cleethorpes Rail Station with artist Rachel
McWilliam and Councillor Mike Burnett. The art
work was commissioned by Cleethorpes in Bloom
and is also maintained by there volunteers.
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Caravan owners say sprucing up
their mobile homes with colourful
flowers makes visiting them less like
a holiday and more like coming
home. The Beachcomber Holiday
Park, Humberston, has awarded caravanners for their green-fingered efforts in decorating their holiday
homes with flowers, garden ornaments and even vegetable patches.
Some members of the Cleethorpes in Bloom committee receiving a donation towards the
replacement and upgrade to the
Boy with the Leaking Boot.
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Jubilee Woods.
Kew Road
Alleyways
The Jubilee Woods project was launched by The Woodlands Trust in February
2011. The scheme aims to plant six million trees across the UK, creating hundreds
of new woodlands. As part of this project, 60 'Diamond Woods' of at least 60 acres
each will be planted to mark each year of the Queen's reign.
North East Lincolnshire is to be part of this permanent celebration after being granted Diamond Wood status to create 60 acres of new woods at Spring Street and
Coomb Briggs Meadow – Immingham, the Saltings –Westward Ho Grimsby and
Cleethorpes Country Park. The planting of approximately 40,000 saplings will
commence in autumn 2012.
Sunnyside
Club
The Woodland Trust and North East Lincolnshire Council is offering residents, communities, local schoolchildren, youth and community groups the opportunity to
come together to plant a selection of native tree at the various sites. Commemorative medals will be presented to everyone that helps with the planting process.
The woods will help transform our landscape, as well as providing a lasting and fitting tribute to Her Majesty's reign, for many years to come.
Reynolds Children
Centre
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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
LOCAL COMPETITION 2012
A small selection of entries
5 Church Court
Sheltered Housing
4 Whitehall
Cottages
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2012/13 saw all the in Bloom teams come together along with other members
in the community of North East Lincs to deliver the biggest environmental
project we have ever undertaken. All tree planting events were well attended
and on several occasions the trees ran out before the allotted time was up,
even though numbers of trees were increased each time. The final celebration of this event when two representatives attend an event in Buckingham
Palace. At this event we were able to present the Princess Royal with a commemorative medal celebrating our Jubilee Woods.
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Cover Picture
In Praise of the Bee
Not just the Bee but all our pollinators. But bees head the group of these
creatures. There are many species of bees and most of our native bees are
what we know as solitary bees. The numbers of bees have declined in resent years and they need all our help. The reward is great as bees are involved in pollinating all our cops, and due to them we take some of the wonderful British food we eat for granted.
Cleethorpes has always been a supporter of the bee with some of the best
wildflower meadows in Northern Lincolnshire these are situated on the Sand
Dunes within Cleethorpes Local Nature Reserve and lately with the maturing Cleethorpes Country Park itself a Local Nature Reserve.
There is much we can do in our own gardens to help the bee by creating
wildflower areas in our own gardens and putting up bee hotels. Example's
can be see in Pier Gardens and around the Borough.
Cleethorpes Country Park.
Cleethorpes Country Park is a 63 acre site, situated at the southern
end of the resort. Its vehicular access is off North Sea Lane. Alternatively the park also can be accessed at the various points, making it
ideal for those living locally within walking distance to visit. The park
hosts a wide range of Flora and Fauna with over 90 different plant
species identified, along with 50 species of resident and visiting birds
and waterfowl. The 4 acre fishing lake attracts a wide range of waterfowl, some making use of the facility on their migratory journey. In
the winter of 2008 Cleethorpes Country Park was officially redesigned a local nature reserve, recognising it as one of North East
Lincolnshire‟s most valuable spaces. Open from dawn to dusk
throughout the year, the park attracts a wealth of visitors on a daily
basis. From those enjoying the area to exercise their dogs with the
designated routes, to those taking their daily constitution. Other activities include sailing or fishing the high quality lake or observing the
wildlife with the wonderful haven Cleethorpes Country Park has to
offer.
The area has become a popular place for local photographers. Trying
out there skills at wildlife photography, like this one taken of a Blue tit.
A brief rest between looking for food and delivering it to the nest box.
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Chapman's Pond.
Chapman's pond a disused brick pit which floods due to it close proximity to the
aquifer this and is now know as a pond. However this came to the recue in this
year‟s drought, when Carr and Carr a local builders gave Cleethorpes in Bloom
permission to extract water from the area circumnavigating during the hose
pipe ban. Although the ban has been lifted use of the pond continues for the
remainder of the season.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Blown Sand
Each year seems to bring
its own mini disaster Flooding, Snow or this year
Wind. In April we had
strong winds from the east
after the battle to keep all
roads open the clean up
began to get all the sand
back on the beach.
Within the wildlife areas this
throws a different light on it
all. We do need to rescue our
disappearing litter bins and
reposition some seating.
Water being extracted from
Chapman's Pond.
Watering taking place on the
Kings Road Cleethorpes. This
work is sponsored by Balfour
Beatty.
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The dunes continue to develop and the Marram
Grass (Ammophila arenaria) find a secure footing..
Marram Grass is an important feature of our
coastal sand dunes: it
helps to stabilise the
dunes which encourages
the colonisation of other
plants going to strengthening our sea defences.
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Street Lighting
Horticultural Achievements
2012
Low-pressure sodium lamps
All local authorities have seen big reductions in there budgets this has
made them take a fresh look at the management of parks, open spaces
and gardens. In North East Lincolnshire there has been some benefit
especially to biodiversity with the planting of wildflower areas and trees.
One of the biggest challenges have been our more ornamental gardens.
We have done this with more sustainable planting. This has brought a
different look to the area that doesn‟t give an immediate result but the
benefits and the look of the area improves with age as it slowly matures.
white-light
LEDs
North East Lincolnshire Council have entered into a program of upgrading all the street lights. We will be converting all our lighting in lowpressure sodium lamps to white-light LEDs in our residential areas. On
the traffic road network, low-pressure sodium lamps will be replaced
by the high-pressure sodium lamps. We will then look at areas were
lights can be dimed or switched off. It is envisaged that this will bring a
35% reduction in carbon emission on our street lighting.
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Beach Safety Team vehicles with
Beach Rake. The team cover the
North East Coastline 365 days a
year. The Beach Rake cleans the
beach every day through the
summer season.
The resort beach safety team manages approximately four and a half square miles
of beaches and promenades from „Wonderland‟ to the Humber Mouth Yacht Club.
The beaches, promenade and foreshore areas, boating lake and paddling pool are
all encompassed within the team‟s management scheme.
An important part of the resort team is the work of the Beach Safety Team. Their
aim is to promote the enjoyment and safety of visitors within the resort by using education and
information. The team also provides comprehensive beach safety,
first aid and lost children services. They achieve this through regular patrols, a
warning flag system and the use of modern safety equipment and vehicles. The
beach safety team works closely with the Cleethorpes Rescue, RNLI and Coast
Guard.
Recycling.
The Council has been successful in a bid to the Government for
£3.6m of funding to improve the existing kerbside recycling service
across the Borough and to increase the amount of waste householders recycle. This is important because the Council spends
around £10m on waste collection and disposal annually and needs
to reduce this cost. By increasing the amount of waste recycled the
Council, with residents help, can generate more income, create
jobs, avoid landfill taxation and help protect the environment.
The Council has listened to the concerns raised by residents over
recent years and knows that being able to recycle plastic bottles is
important to them. The frequency of collections will increase from
fortnightly to weekly and include plastic bottles and cardboard. This new and improved service will be rolled out across the
Borough during 2013.
The Operations Team are vital to the management of the beach area. This band of
early risers are on the beach by 6am every day of the year, ensuring it‟s kept in a
clean and tidy manner for the visitors and locals alike. The beach rake ensures the
beach always looks it‟s best (pictured above). Litter is collected several times a day
and community wardens help ensure that people are discouraged from littering or
dog fouling through the issuing of fines and the enforcement of the seasonal beach
dog ban which runs from Good Friday till 30th September.
The North East Lincs Waste and Recycling Fleet,
Depot and Bring to Site .
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COAST
Blue Flag
The pictures show the
new boat purchased by
North East Lincolnshire
Council to improve the
ease and quality of the
sampling.
The Humber Estuary is a natural drain for almost a third of the British Isles and has
sixty million tons of cargo and one million passengers carried on its waters each
year. It is a very special habitat for both flora and forna and is a visiting site for over
500,000 birds annually either on their migration or over-wintering in our milder climate. The Humber is regarded by ornithologists as one of the top 10 estuaries in
Europe, a must for „Birders‟ and „Twitchers‟ alike.
SSSI — The Humber Estuary first became a designated site of Special Scientific
Interest in 1988. NELC as a designated authority is required to produce a SSSI
management plan to obtain consent from Natural England (formerly English Nature)
under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and the Countryside Rights of way Act
2000 to perform operations to conserve the site and habitats in accordance with the
legislation and to identify long term trends to this end. The area from the Leisure
Centre to the county boundary was
designated a local nature reserve in
2002.
RAMSAR — The establishment of the International Convention of Wetlands took
place at the Iranian town of Ramsar; sites meeting it‟s criteria are awarded this as
their name. The Humber Estuary became a RAMSAR site in 1971 and in 1994 was
also designated as a European Special Area of Conservation Site (SAC) and a European Special Protected Area (SPA). The estuary is now recognised as a European Marine Site too.
Cleethorpes has been proud to fly the Blue Flag over the resort for
more than 8 years. Although the criteria looks at all aspect of the resort, water quality is an important part of the designation. The Environment Agency take one sample but the Authority take several samples all along the Resort so that water quality can be monitored in
more detail.
The resort caters for all of the family; providing fun days out with recreation, water
sports, bird watching and traditional bucket and spade lazy days on the beach. The
beach and resort is all efficiently managed to sustain a healthy and safe environment and requires additional seasonal staff, employed from may to September, in
support of the permanent Resort Team.