Pembrokeshire County Council has spearheaded a successful £3.8 million bid to improve Welsh beaches.
Working on behalf of the Green Sea Partnership, the council led a consortium comprising all the coastal local authorities in the Objective 1 region together with the Pembrokeshire Coast and Snowdonia National Park Authorities, the National Trust and the Wales Tourist Board.
The aim of the Green Seas project is to bring around 60 beaches up to - and in some cases exceed - Blue Flag or Green Coast award criteria.
Money from the works is coming from a number of sources, including the European Regional Development Fund (Objective 1) and the Welsh Assembly Government's Local Regeneration Fund, over the next three years.
Individual schemes will be designed to improve beach infrastructure, such as allowing access to the disabled, improvements to toilets, better signage and upgraded footpaths.
The first such project has just been completed - improvements to the beach car park at Freshwater East as part of a second phase of enhancements carried out by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
Said Pembrokeshire County Council cabinet member for leisure and sports, Clr. Brian Howells: "Winning this funding is a significant step in improving facilities at some of Wales' most popular beaches."
Over 20 improvement schemes have been earmarked for Pembrokeshire.
They include £70,000 for Pembrokeshire County Council to upgrade car parking facilities at Newgale and £30,000 for improvements to access the beach at Caerfai Bay.