Exmouth's Sandy Bay beach has been awarded a Blue Flag for water quality, safety and good management.
Dawlish Warren, Coryton Cove, Teignmouth Town and Ness Cove in Shalton have also earned the internationally-recognised standard - along with four in Torbay.
It's awarded by Keep Britain Tidy.
Exeter care agency rated 'inadequate' and in special measures
Bosses at Horizon Care insist change
Raw sewage spews into Plymouth suburb estate and woods
Concerns raised for public health and wildlife in Woolwell
Councillor stands under trees to stop chainsaw massacre
Emergency preservation order now in place
Three years jail for charity box thief
And he can't eat in McDonald's for eight years
Spat over whether 'inadequate' children's services are as bad as MP suggests
Exeter's Steve Race believes they are in 'last chance saloon;
