Water companies in England dumped sewage into England’s Blue Flag beaches 1,504 times last year, lasting 8,497 hours.
The worst incident was on Blackpool Sands beach in Stoke Fleming, Devon, where sewage was discharged for 1,014 hours last year during 63 separate sewage dumps onto the beach.
Devon’s Meadfoot beach in Torquay, Sidmouth town and Exmouth were also in the top five worst places for spills per hour.
