TAVISTOCK College surfers gave up their Saturday to clear 52 bags of rubbish from a Cornish beach.

The Tavistock College Surf Academy, organised by teacher Pete Keegan and learning mentor Dan Kinsman, joined with staff, members of the public and other students to clean up Tregantle Beach on the south Cornish coast.

Those taking part were shocked by the waste they collected— and the fact sewage appeared to be washed up.

Helpers carried a large metal canister and pieces of glass off the beach, before all the bags were loaded onto the roof of a van and taken away for safe disposal.

The students will now present assemblies to their peers to raise awareness of coastal pollution and the action they took to combat it.

Pictured during a brief pause from the clean-up are students Erin Midson-Holmes, Lucy Gosling and Danielle Gatcum.