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of inland cleans recorded plastic bottles and lids in 2023

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After searching a location, you will find a list of beach cleans ordered by the shortest distance first.

Bottle caps on beach

15 Jan 2026, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Formby (Freshfields), Lancashire

Formby Beachwatch New Year Beach Clean and Litter Survey

PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME - 1:30pm<br /> <br /> ***Limited spaces available due to Victoria Road dune restoration project - please read further details below*** Join the Marine Conservation Society for a beach clean and litter surv

School friendly? no

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16 Jan 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Port Eynon Bay, Swansea

Port Eynon Winter OSPAR beach clean

Hi  I look forward to meeting you all for a beach clean and litter survey on the 16th January 2026.  All equipment will be provided, such as gloves, litter pickers, bags and a first aid kit. If you would prefer to wear your own glove

School friendly? no

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16 Jan 2026, 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Langland Bay, Swansea

Langland Bay Winter OSPAR beach clean

Hi  I look forward to meeting you all for a beach clean and litter survey on 16th January.  All equipment will be provided, such as gloves, litter pickers, bags and a first aid kit. If you would prefer to wear your own gloves then pl

School friendly? no

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17 Jan 2026, 10 a.m. to noon

Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex

Bexhill Environmental Group - Event

All equipment is provided and refreshments. please bring a reusable mug Please bring your own gloves and all welcome

School friendly? yes

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17 Jan 2026, 11 a.m. to noon

Lunderston Bay, Inverclyde

Lunderston Bay

Help the rangers, and the Greenock Cut Saturday Conservation volunteers record and collect litter on Lunderston Bay Beach. This information is sent to the Marine Conservation Society, who collate information from beaches throughout the United Ki

School friendly? yes

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18 Jan 2026, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Garelochhead foreshore, Argyll and Bute

Garelochhead Beach Clean

Monthly beach clean. All welcome!<br /> <br /> Please bring your own gloves and rubbish bags if you can, although we will have a limited number of spares, as well Grabbers. 9am start. Stay for as long or as little as you can manage. Hig

School friendly? no

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18 Jan 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Sand Bay, Somerset

Sand Bay Winter OSPAR Beach clean

Join us on beautiful Sand Bay for a Winter clean-up! The plan - meet on the beach, they'll be a short safety briefing, equipment will be handed out and then we'll start cleaning! You can take part in the 100m litter survey we

School friendly? no

Beach clean litter picker

19 Jan 2026, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Invergordon West, Highland

Blue Monday Beach Clean, Invergordon

Start your new year off right with a beach clean on Blue Monday to help the Marine Conservation Society collect vital data to keep pushing for a reduction of marine litter. All equipment (gloves, litter pickers, bags, clipboards & surveys)

School friendly? no

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23 Jan 2026, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Hengistbury Head (Middle), Dorset

Gama Aviation Beach Clean Volunteers

Please bring gloves to protect your hands.

School friendly? no

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25 Jan 2026, 10 a.m. to noon

Shanklin, Isle of Wight

Green Towns New Year

Our first beach clean of 2026. Meeting at a new place, Spa Car Park.  We have litter pickers, gloves and bags.

School friendly? no

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25 Jan 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Collywell Bay, Tyne and Wear

Collywell Bay

Collywell Bay is a small bay between St Mary's and Seaton Sluice and according to the council it was a bit neglected when it came to beach cleans. The bay has some areas that are difficult to access so it's probably best suited to the able bo

School friendly? no

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26 Jan 2026, 11 a.m. to noon

Cramond (Silverknowes Esplanade), City of Edinburgh

Cramond Big January Beach Clean (OSPAR)

Join us in Edinburgh to shake off the cobwebs and get outdoors in the new year. We'll be conducting a clean up and litter survey to help the Marine Conservation Society gather vital data to keep pushing for the reduction of marine litte

School friendly? no

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1 Feb 2026, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Bournemouth Beach - West of the pier, Dorset

Bournemouth Oceanarium

The first Sunday of every month at 2pm, the Bournemouth Oceanarium will be hosting a public beach clean were everyone is welcome. We will supply the litter pickers, waste bags, disposal bins, recording sheets and clipboards so simply bring yourself,

School friendly? no

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1 Feb 2026, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Severn Beach, Gloucestershire

UWE SUP Beach Clean!

Hello!  I'm Kate and I am a trained MCS Beach Clean Volunteer, as well as being on the UWE Paddleboarding Committee. As a volunteer for MCS, I am organising this beach clean for our amazing members and other UWE students to attend -&n

School friendly? no

Beach clean litter picker

13 Feb 2026, 10 a.m. to noon

Watergate Bay, Cornwall

Watergate Bay Beach clean

Become a citizen scientist for the morning and take part in a beach clean and litter survey to help us report on what litter is being found. All beach cleaning equipment is provided.  **Accessibility**: We want to ensure this event is as access

School friendly? no

HYYM Halloween beach clean Rhyl

14 Feb 2026, 11 a.m. to noon

Scarborough North Bay Promenade, North Yorkshire

Valentines Beach Clean - Scarborough North Bay

Show the beach some love this Valentines and join us for a Valentines Beach Clean. You never know who ....or what... you might find!  During this one hour Beach Clean we'll be conducting a clean up and litter survey to help the Marine

School friendly? no

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15 Feb 2026, 10 a.m. to noon

Charmouth, Dorset

Charmouth Beach Cleaning Championships

Join us for the inaugural Charmouth Beach Clean Championships! For the 25th Anniversary of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, we are teaming up with Clean Jurassic Coast and holding the first ever beach clean championships.  Help us to ke

School friendly? yes

PPE mask litter on coast path in Cornwall Natasha Ewins

6 Mar 2026, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Portobello beach, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

Mitsubishi Electric Beach Clean

Meet at the car park. Bring litter pickers if you have. 

School friendly? yes

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28 Mar 2026, 10 a.m. to noon

Gibraltar Point (North) Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire

Gibraltar Point Beach Clean

We will be meeting at the beach at 10am, it is about a 10 minute walk from the car park and the toilets to the beach. Both car parks have paths that will take you down to the beach. The walk from North Car Park (the first one you come to) is a little

School friendly? no

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4 Apr 2026, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Arbroath West Links, Angus

Community Clean Up - West Links

<br />   * SAVE THE DATE * Saturday 4th April 2026 All Day - 7am - 4pm<br /> Drop In<br /> West Links Park & Beach, Arbroath    We will be litter picking & surveying the whole West Links Park & Beach a

School friendly? yes

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