Dawlish Warren beach recognised as top attraction

Dawlish Warren’s award winning Blue Flag beach has received a new accolade with the resort officially acknowledged by TripAdvisor as a top visitor spot.

A jewel in the crown of the Teignbridge coastline, the resort is a popular home to amusements and rides, adventure golf, shops, cycle hire, cafes and pubs. Attracting glowing reviews from visitors across the UK along with locals, over 1,000 reviews have been added to the TripAdvisor site with 84% rating their visit as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’.

Aimed at encouraging more visitors, the flag acts as a Certificate of Excellence amongst TripAdvisor customers, which account for over 600 million reviews worldwide and is the world’s largest travel site*. The announcement comes as a timely boost for the resort as it looks forward to a busy season that starts with the Easter holidays.

Cllr Philip Bullivant, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive for Recreation and Leisure, said: “It is great news for Dawlish Warren that visitors have appreciated the work done to enhance the beaches at Dawlish Warren and voted for them on the Trip Adviser web site.

“We have the cleanest beaches along our coast with Blue Flag Awards and Seaside Awards and now the flag from TripAdviser as well. The work of our Council and the dedication of the local staff is acknowledged through these awards and we are delighted that the hard work of our teams has been recognised.”

Helen Scott, Chairman of Dawlish Warren Tourism, said: “We are delighted with the recognition from TripAdvisor with a Certificate of Excellence for Dawlish Warren Beach. This is such a fantastic achievement for the resort all based on customer feedback which is extremely important for the tourism industry. An award we as a group, local business, Dawlish and Teignbridge councils can be very proud to have achieved.”

The welcome news comes after Dawlish Warren recently benefitted from extensive defences works and beach improvements carried out by the Environment Agency. Completed in October, the works included putting in new defences to protect local and estuary communities, replenishing the beach with sand and upgrading timber groynes.

Despite several winter storms, most notably storm Emma this month, flood defences protecting the local and estuary communities and infrastructure were unaffected.