Bathing water quality around the UK

Bathing sites where water quality is designated as poor and bathing is not advised

Nairn

Cruden Bay

Stonehaven

Monifieth

Kinghorn

Yellowcraig

Portobello

Fisherrow Sands

Heads of Ayr

Sandyhills

Ballyholme

Scarborough

South Bay

Rockcliffe

Manchester

Cemaes

Birmingham

Ilfracombe

Wildersmouth

Clacton

London

Burnham

Walpole Bay,

Margate

Instow

Note: from May to September, weekly assessments measure current water quality. Annual ratings classify each site as excellent, good, sufficient or poor based on measurements taken over a period of up to four years. One site in Gibraltar is also rated as poor

Nairn

Inverness

Cruden Bay

Aberdeen

Stonehaven

Monifieth

Kinghorn

Yellowcraig

Portobello

Fisherrow Sands

Heads of Ayr

Sandyhills

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Carlisle

Rockcliffe

Hartlepool

Ballyholme

Belfast

Scarborough

South Bay

Cemaes

Manchester

Great Yarmouth

Birmingham

Aberystwyth

Clacton

Swansea

Bristol

London

Ilfracombe Wildersmouth

Burnham

Walpole Bay,

Margate

Instow

Brighton

Bournemouth

Torquay

Newquay

Note: from May to September, weekly assessments measure current water quality. Annual ratings classify each site as excellent, good, sufficient or poor based on measurements taken over a period of up to four years. One site in Gibraltar is also rated as poor