Lifeguard unit: Holywell Bay
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About this beach
Holywell Bay is a large, sandy, enclosed bay. Cliffs encompass this rural beach, and there is a small stream towards the southern end near the main access point. There are two further access points to the beach over the sand dunes. The beach is exposed to large Atlantic swells and it is a popular beach with surfers and body boarders
Lifeguard season dates
19 May - 30 September
RNLI trainer awarded prestigious medal
17/11/2008
By: Tamsin Thomas
RNLI Sea Survival Trainer Paul Savage has been awarded the prestigious Thomas Gray Silver Medal at the Annual Court of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets.
£5M software donation
24/10/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
Microsoft is donating software worth £5M to the RNLI over the next 3 years.
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from the South West in Compass, available here.