Lifeguard unit: Blackpool Sands
Beach Information
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About this beach
Blackpool Sands is a sand and shingle beach which is popular with families. It has a cafe/restaurant, toilets, disabled facilities, disabled access to the beach, a slipway and a car park. There is also a dog restricted area and a place for moored bathing rafts.
Lifeguard season dates
Peak season:
4 July - 6 September
Planning approved for Lizard
01/07/2009
By: Tamsin Thomas
Planning permission has been granted for a new RNLI lifeboat station at the Lizard, Cornwall.
RNLI Compass Summer 2009
26/06/2009
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the South West in Compass, available here.
Sunny May means busy lifeguards
17/06/2009
By: Amy Caldwell
A bright, sunny May made for a busy time for North Devon's RNLI lifeguards, as thousands of people visited the beaches to make the most of it.
Putting training into practice
15/06/2009
By: Clare Julier
A routine exercise on the evening of 10 June between The Lizard lifeboat and 771 Search and Rescue Squadron was re-enacted the next day for real.
New man at the helm
09/06/2009
By: Roselyne Crowther
Paul Boissier will be the RNLI's new Chief Executive, when Andrew Freemantle retires in September after 10 years' service.
