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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
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Emma Grimshaw

Angry tourists slam 'gross' West Country beach with 'contaminated' sea

It's no secret that the West Country is full of beautiful coastlines to cool down at amid this week's soaring temperatures. But not all of our beaches are cared for as much as others, and one has now been listed as among the UK's worst.

A poll for consumer magazine Which? identified the ten worst seaside destinations, and Burnham-on-Sea was ranked in third place. Some scathing reviews have been left on Google, with many visitors slamming the area's sea.

Plenty would disagree, though, as Burnham has also recently been described as a "picturesque seaside village" with a "beautiful" coastline. However, one recent visitor wrote: "Beach and sea contaminated by sewage".

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