Dover Beach is in the Good Beach Guide for 2009.
Dover Harbour Board are responsible for the continued good upkeep of the beach and the harbour:
Being recognised in the Good Beach Guide is very important to the Harbour Board as it demonstrates a commitment to providing a safe, clean environment with high standards of water quality for beach users to enjoy.
Environmental monitoring is a priority for the Environment team with high environmental standards achieved year on year. In addition, the Environment Agency carry out weekly water quality monitoring during the bathing water season with the results published on seafront notice boards. In addition Dover Harbour Board have a long standing environmental monitoring programme which surveys on a quarterly basis the health of the whole port environment, including, marine, coastal and terrestrial ecology.
More information is available on the Good Beach Guide website.