Marine Lake retains its Green Flag status

Rhyl’s Marine Lake has retained its Community Green Flag Award for the ninth consecutive year and is one of seven locations in Denbighshire to be honoured this year.

The Marine Lake Users’ Forum (MLUF) has been successful in retaining the international award which recognises sites that promote health and wellbeing, are safe, clean and have good management processes in place for biodiversity and landscape with an emphasis on community involvement.

To celebrate their success MLUF invited the Mayor of Rhyl, Cllr Ellie Chard to officially raise the new flag.

Chairman Bill Newton said ‘’Achieving Green Flag Wales status has been a team effort, it is all thanks to our team of volunteers and Denbighshire County Council who own the site’’.

Councillor Tony Thomas, Cabinet Lead Member for Housing and Communities, said: “The Marine Lake is a fabulous attraction for Rhyl. The volunteers at the Marine Lake Users   Forum put in many hours to keep this asset in good condition and the Award of the Green Flag justifies their efforts. Many people use the area to exercise daily and keeping fit both physically and mentally is so important these days. It is great that this scenic area is so well looked after.’’

There were a number of other successful projects in Denbighshire:

• Ffrith Common Land, Prestatyn
• Woodlands Skills Centre, Bodfari.
• Maes Derwen Communal Garden, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
• Maes Ysgawen, Llanferres
• Llanferres Playing Fields.