Nudists from Chester and Ellesmere Port won't have to travel far to strip off during this spell of hot weather after two North Wales beaches were listed on a website.

The site lists dozens of nudist beaches across the country including seven in Wales.

Morfa Dyffryn beach near Barmouth and Newborough beach in Malltraeth Bay on Anglesey are listed online as 'clothes-free' beaches and with the current spell of hot weather will be busy.

The former has been an officially recognised nudist beach since 2000, while the latter isn’t – but is well-known to locals in the area as a favourite spot for naturists.

Morfa Dyffryn has an official nudist section at the northern end of the beach, which is around 1km long and clearly marked with signs at both ends.

However, Natural Resources Wales who are in charge of Newborough and Llanddwyn beaches say they do not promote nudism on the two sites.

They also say that a number of complaints are made every year by beach-goers who have encountered naked people at Newborough and Llanddwyn beaches.

A Natural Resources Wales spokesman said: “Newborough and Llanddwyn beaches are not designated nudist beaches.

"After discussions with community councils and other stakeholders, nudism is not an activity that we promote or encourage on the beaches here.

“Although it is not an offence to be naked it becomes an offence if people become offended by this activity.

“We receive several complaints from beach users each year and as such we try and promote the policy of no nudism on the site.”

According to the Crown Prosecution Service, naturists shouldn’t be prosecuted unless they are involved in an offence other than public nudity.

The advice states: “In the absence of any sexual context and in relation to nudity where the person has no intention to cause alarm or distress it will normally be appropriate to take no action unless members of the public were actually caused harassment, alarm or distress.

“In this case such conduct should be regarded as at most amounting to an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986; and regard needs to be had to the question of whether a prosecution is in the public interest.”

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