Join the Ørsted Beach Clean Events to Celebrate World Oceans Day

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To mark World Oceans Day, Ørsted will host a series of beach clean events across the UK, on Sunday 9th June, to help tackle litter in our coastal communities and keep it out of the seas.

Beach Clean Locations and times:

Cleethorpes Beach – 10am – Central Promenade, opposite Cleethorpes RNLI Station, DN35 8SE
Biggar Bank – 10.30am – Biggar Bank Road, Walney Island, near West Shore Bowling Club, LA14 3YF
New Brighton – 10.30am – King’s Parade, opposite New Brighton RNLI Station, CH45 2NP
Brightlingsea – 10.30am – Promenade Way Car Park, Brightlingsea Beach, C07 0HH

Local residents are invited to join Ørsted staff to help with clean-up efforts at four beaches on the East and West Coasts.

As part of a commitment to making a positive impact in the communities where it operates its 11 offshore windfarms around the UK, Ørsted has selected beaches in four key areas.

Residents can join the Ørsted teams at:

Cleethorpes Beach, in North Lincolnshire – home to Westermost Rough, Lincs, Race Bank offshore windfarms, as well as Hornsea One and Two which are currently under construction
Biggar Bank, Walney Island, in Cumbria – home to Barrow, Walney, West of Duddon Sands and Walney Extension offshore windfarms
New Brighton, in Merseyside –home to Burbo Bank and Burbo Bank Extension offshore windfarms
Brightlingsea, in Essex – home to Gunfleet Sands and London Array

Ørsted will place a gazebo at each beach where volunteers will be provided with litter pickers and eco-friendly hessian sacks to collect rubbish from the beaches.