Research and analysis
Bathing water classifications 2018
Updated 1 December 2023
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2018 classifications under the Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC
Bathing waters are listed in geographical order beginning in the North East.
Durdle Door East and Portland Harbour Castle Cove have not been classified because access is closed due to landslides.
| Reference | Bathing water name | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| 03600 | Spittal | Good |
| 03700 | Bamburgh Castle | Excellent |
| 03800 | Seahouses North | Excellent |
| 03900 | Beadnell | Excellent |
| 04000 | Low Newton | Excellent |
| 04200 | Warkworth | Excellent |
| 04250 | Amble Links | Excellent |
| 04280 | Druridge Bay North | Excellent |
| 04300 | Druridge Bay South | Excellent |
| 04400 | Newbiggin North | Excellent |
| 04500 | Newbiggin South | Excellent |
| 04600 | Blyth South Beach | Excellent |
| 04700 | Seaton Sluice | Excellent |
| 04800 | Whitley Bay | Excellent |
| 04900 | Tynemouth Cullercoats | Poor |
| 05000 | Tynemouth Long Sands North | Excellent |
| 05100 | Tynemouth Long Sands South | Excellent |
| 05200 | Tynemouth King Edwards Bay | Excellent |
| 05300 | South Shields | Good |
| 05400 | Marsden | Good |
| 05500 | Seaburn - Sunderland | Excellent |
| 05600 | Roker - Sunderland | Excellent |
| 05700 | Seaham Hall Beach | Good |
| 05800 | Seaham Beach | Excellent |
| 05900 | Crimdon | Excellent |
| 06000 | Seaton Carew North | Good |
| 06100 | Seaton Carew Centre | Excellent |
| 06200 | Seaton Carew North Gare | Excellent |
| 06300 | Redcar Coatham | Good |
| 06400 | Redcar Lifeboat Station | Good |
| 06500 | Redcar Granville | Good |
| 06600 | Redcar Stray | Good |
| 06650 | Marske Sands | Excellent |
| 06700 | Saltburn | Excellent |
| 06900 | Runswick Bay | Excellent |
| 07000 | Sandsend | Good |
| 07100 | Whitby | Excellent |
| 07200 | Robin Hoods Bay | Good |
| 07300 | Scarborough North Bay | Good |
| 07400 | Scarborough South Bay | Poor |
| 07500 | Cayton Bay | Excellent |
| 07600 | Filey | Good |
| 07700 | Reighton | Good |
| 07900 | Flamborough South Landing | Good |
| 07950 | Danes Dyke, Flamborough | Excellent |
| 08000 | Bridlington North Beach | Good |
| 08100 | Bridlington South Beach | Sufficient |
| 08200 | Wilsthorpe | Good |
| 08300 | Fraisthorpe | Good |
| 08600 | Skipsea | Good |
| 08700 | Hornsea | Good |
| 08800 | Tunstall | Excellent |
| 08900 | Withernsea | Good |
| 09000 | Cleethorpes | Excellent |
| 09020 | Humberston Fitties | Excellent |
| 09100 | Mablethorpe Town | Excellent |
| 09200 | Sutton-on-Sea | Excellent |
| 09300 | Moggs Eye | Excellent |
| 09400 | Anderby | Excellent |
| 09500 | Chapel St Leonards | Excellent |
| 09600 | Ingoldmells South | Excellent |
| 09700 | Skegness | Excellent |
| 09750 | Colwick Country Park (West Lake) | Good |
| 09800 | Heacham | Sufficient |
| 09850 | Hunstanton Main Beach | Sufficient |
| 09900 | Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) | Good |
| 10000 | Wells | Sufficient |
| 10100 | Sheringham | Excellent |
| 10125 | West Runton | Excellent |
| 10150 | East Runton | Excellent |
| 10200 | Cromer | Excellent |
| 10300 | Mundesley | Excellent |
| 10310 | Sea Palling | Excellent |
| 10325 | Hemsby | Excellent |
| 10350 | Caister Point | Excellent |
| 10400 | Great Yarmouth North | Excellent |
| 10500 | Great Yarmouth Pier | Excellent |
| 10600 | Great Yarmouth South | Excellent |
| 10650 | Gorleston Beach | Excellent |
| 10750 | Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) | Good |
| 10800 | Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) | Good |
| 10830 | Southwold The Pier | Good |
| 10850 | Southwold The Denes | Sufficient |
| 10900 | Felixstowe North | Excellent |
| 11000 | Felixstowe South | Excellent |
| 11100 | Dovercourt | Excellent |
| 11250 | Walton | Good |
| 11300 | Frinton | Good |
| 11350 | Holland | Excellent |
| 11500 | Clacton | Excellent |
| 11550 | Clacton (Groyne 41) | Poor |
| 11600 | Jaywick | Good |
| 11650 | Clacton Beach Martello Tower | Good |
| 11700 | Brightlingsea | Excellent |
| 11750 | West Mersea | Sufficient |
| 11760 | Cotswold Country Park and Beach | Excellent |
| 11770 | Shoebury East | Excellent |
| 11780 | Shoeburyness | Excellent |
| 11800 | Southend Thorpe Bay | Excellent |
| 11830 | Southend Jubilee | Good |
| 11850 | Southend Three Shells | Excellent |
| 11900 | Southend Westcliff Bay | Excellent |
| 11902 | Southend Chalkwell | Sufficient |
| 11904 | Leigh Bell Wharf | Poor |
| 11910 | Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) | Good |
| 11920 | Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) | Excellent |
| 11930 | Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) | Good |
| 11940 | The Serpentine - Hyde Park | Sufficient |
| 11945 | Frensham Great Pond | Excellent |
| 11950 | Sheerness | Excellent |
| 11975 | Minster Leas | Excellent |
| 12000 | Leysdown | Good |
| 12100 | West Beach, Whitstable | Good |
| 12120 | Tankerton | Excellent |
| 12150 | Herne Bay Central | Good |
| 12200 | Herne Bay | Excellent |
| 12300 | Minnis Bay, Birchington | Excellent |
| 12350 | West Bay, Westgate | Excellent |
| 12400 | St Mildred’s Bay, Westgate | Excellent |
| 12450 | Westbrook Bay, Margate | Excellent |
| 12500 | Margate The Bay | Excellent |
| 12600 | Margate Fulsam Rock | Good |
| 12630 | Walpole Bay, Margate | Sufficient |
| 12660 | Botany Bay, Broadstairs | Excellent |
| 12700 | Joss Bay, Broadstairs | Good |
| 12750 | Broadstairs, Stone Bay | Excellent |
| 12800 | Broadstairs, Viking Bay | Good |
| 12850 | Ramsgate Sands | Good |
| 12900 | Ramsgate Western Undercliffe | Excellent |
| 13000 | Sandwich Bay | Excellent |
| 13100 | Deal Castle | Excellent |
| 13200 | St Margaret`s Bay | Excellent |
| 13300 | Folkestone | Excellent |
| 13400 | Sandgate | Excellent |
| 13500 | Hythe | Excellent |
| 13600 | Dymchurch | Good |
| 13700 | St Mary’s Bay (Kent) | Good |
| 13800 | Littlestone | Good |
| 13900 | Camber | Excellent |
| 14000 | Winchelsea | Excellent |
| 14100 | Hastings Pelham Beach | Sufficient |
| 14150 | St Leonards | Excellent |
| 14200 | Bexhill | Sufficient |
| 14300 | Norman`s Bay | Good |
| 14400 | Pevensey Bay | Good |
| 14500 | Eastbourne | Good |
| 14550 | Birling Gap | Excellent |
| 14600 | Seaford | Excellent |
| 14800 | Saltdean | Excellent |
| 14900 | Brighton Kemptown | Excellent |
| 14950 | Brighton Central | Excellent |
| 15000 | Hove | Excellent |
| 15100 | Southwick | Excellent |
| 15200 | Shoreham Beach | Good |
| 15300 | Lancing, Beach Green | Good |
| 15400 | Worthing | Sufficient |
| 15500 | Littlehampton | Good |
| 15600 | Middleton-on-sea | Excellent |
| 15650 | Felpham | Good |
| 15680 | Bognor Regis East | Good |
| 15700 | Bognor Regis (Aldwick) | Sufficient |
| 15800 | Pagham | Good |
| 15900 | Selsey | Excellent |
| 16000 | Bracklesham Bay | Excellent |
| 16100 | West Wittering | Excellent |
| 16300 | Eastoke | Excellent |
| 16350 | Beachlands Central | Excellent |
| 16400 | Beachlands West | Excellent |
| 16500 | Eastney | Excellent |
| 16600 | Southsea East | Excellent |
| 16700 | Stokes Bay | Excellent |
| 16800 | Lee-on-Solent | Excellent |
| 16850 | Hillhead | Good |
| 16900 | Calshot | Excellent |
| 17000 | Lepe | Excellent |
| 17100 | Milford-on-sea | Excellent |
| 17200 | Christchurch Bay | Excellent |
| 17300 | Highcliffe | Excellent |
| 17400 | Compton Bay | Excellent |
| 17500 | Totland Bay | Excellent |
| 17600 | Colwell Bay | Excellent |
| 17700 | Gurnard | Excellent |
| 17800 | Cowes | Good |
| 17900 | Ryde | Good |
| 18000 | Seagrove | Good |
| 18100 | St Helens | Excellent |
| 18200 | Bembridge | Excellent |
| 18300 | Whitecliff Bay | Excellent |
| 18350 | Yaverland | Excellent |
| 18400 | Sandown | Excellent |
| 18500 | Shanklin | Excellent |
| 18600 | Ventnor | Excellent |
| 18700 | Christchurch Highcliffe Castle | Excellent |
| 18750 | Christchurch Friar`s Cliff | Excellent |
| 18800 | Christchurch Avon Beach | Excellent |
| 18900 | Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East | Excellent |
| 19000 | Bournemouth Hengistbury West | Excellent |
| 19020 | Bournemouth Southbourne | Excellent |
| 19030 | Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk | Excellent |
| 19050 | Bournemouth Manor Steps | Excellent |
| 19060 | Bournemouth Boscombe Pier | Good |
| 19100 | Bournemouth Pier | Good |
| 19150 | Bournemouth Durley Chine | Excellent |
| 19160 | Bournemouth Alum Chine | Excellent |
| 19170 | Poole Branksome Chine | Excellent |
| 19190 | Poole Canford Cliffs Chine | Excellent |
| 19200 | Poole Shore Road Beach | Excellent |
| 19350 | Poole Sandbanks Peninsular | Excellent |
| 19400 | Poole Harbour Lake | Excellent |
| 19450 | Poole Harbour Rockley Sands | Excellent |
| 19600 | Shell Bay North | Excellent |
| 19700 | Studland Knoll House | Excellent |
| 19800 | Swanage Central | Excellent |
| 19900 | Kimmeridge Bay | Excellent |
| 20000 | Lulworth Cove | Excellent |
| 20100 | Durdle Door East | Un-assessed |
| 20200 | Durdle Door West | Excellent |
| 20300 | Ringstead Bay | Excellent |
| 20400 | Bowleaze Cove | Excellent |
| 20500 | Church Ope Cove | Excellent |
| 20600 | Weymouth Lodmoor | Excellent |
| 20700 | Weymouth Central | Excellent |
| 20800 | Portland Harbour Castle Cove | Un-assessed |
| 20900 | Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle | Excellent |
| 20970 | Hive | Excellent |
| 21000 | West Bay (West) | Excellent |
| 21100 | Eypemouth | Excellent |
| 21200 | Seatown | Excellent |
| 21300 | Charmouth West | Excellent |
| 21500 | Lyme Regis Front Beach | Good |
| 21600 | Seaton (Devon) | Excellent |
| 21700 | Beer | Excellent |
| 21800 | Sidmouth Town | Excellent |
| 21900 | Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder | Excellent |
| 22000 | Ladram Bay | Sufficient |
| 22100 | Budleigh Salterton | Excellent |
| 22200 | Sandy Bay | Excellent |
| 22300 | Exmouth | Excellent |
| 22400 | Dawlish Warren | Excellent |
| 22500 | Dawlish Town | Good |
| 22600 | Dawlish Coryton Cove | Excellent |
| 22700 | Teignmouth Holcombe | Excellent |
| 22800 | Teignmouth Town | Excellent |
| 22900 | Shaldon | Excellent |
| 23000 | Ness Cove | Excellent |
| 23100 | Maidencombe | Excellent |
| 23200 | Watcombe | Excellent |
| 23300 | Oddicombe | Excellent |
| 23400 | Babbacombe | Excellent |
| 23501 | Anstey’s Cove (Torquay) | Excellent |
| 23600 | Meadfoot | Excellent |
| 23700 | Beacon Cove | Excellent |
| 23800 | Torre Abbey | Excellent |
| 23900 | Hollicombe | Good |
| 24000 | Paignton Preston Sands | Excellent |
| 24100 | Paignton Paignton Sands | Good |
| 24200 | Goodrington | Sufficient |
| 24300 | Broadsands | Excellent |
| 24500 | Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) | Excellent |
| 24600 | St Mary’s Bay (Devon) | Excellent |
| 24700 | Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove | Excellent |
| 24800 | Blackpool Sands | Excellent |
| 24900 | Slapton Sands Monument | Excellent |
| 25000 | Slapton Sands Torcross | Excellent |
| 25100 | Mill Bay | Excellent |
| 25200 | Salcombe North Sands | Excellent |
| 25300 | Salcombe South Sands | Excellent |
| 25400 | Hope Cove | Good |
| 25500 | Thurlestone South | Excellent |
| 25600 | Thurlestone North | Good |
| 25700 | Bantham | Good |
| 25800 | Bigbury-on-Sea South | Good |
| 25900 | Bigbury-on-Sea North | Excellent |
| 26000 | Challaborough | Excellent |
| 26100 | Mothecombe | Good |
| 26200 | Wembury | Good |
| 26300 | Bovisand | Excellent |
| 26400 | Plymouth Hoe East | Excellent |
| 26500 | Plymouth Hoe West | Excellent |
| 26520 | Kingsand | Excellent |
| 26530 | Cawsand | Excellent |
| 26560 | Tregonhawke | Excellent |
| 26570 | Sharrow | Excellent |
| 26600 | Portwrinkle | Excellent |
| 26700 | Downderry | Excellent |
| 26800 | Seaton (Cornwall) | Good |
| 26900 | Millendreath | Excellent |
| 27000 | East Looe | Sufficient |
| 27100 | Readymoney Cove | Excellent |
| 27200 | Polkerris | Good |
| 27300 | Par Sands | Good |
| 27400 | Shorthorn Beach | Excellent |
| 27500 | Crinnis Beach | Excellent |
| 27600 | Charlestown | Excellent |
| 27700 | Duporth | Excellent |
| 27800 | Porthpean | Excellent |
| 27900 | Pentewan | Excellent |
| 28000 | Polstreath | Excellent |
| 28100 | Portmellon | Good |
| 28200 | Gorran Haven Little Perhaver | Good |
| 28300 | Vault Beach | Excellent |
| 28400 | Porthluney | Good |
| 28500 | Pendower | Excellent |
| 28550 | Porthcurnick | Excellent |
| 28600 | Gyllyngvase | Excellent |
| 28700 | Swanpool | Excellent |
| 28800 | Maenporth | Good |
| 28900 | Porthallow | Excellent |
| 29000 | Porthoustock | Excellent |
| 29100 | Coverack | Excellent |
| 29200 | Kennack Sands | Excellent |
| 29400 | Polurrian Cove | Excellent |
| 29500 | Poldhu Cove | Excellent |
| 29501 | Church Cove | Excellent |
| 29800 | Porthleven Sands | Good |
| 29900 | Praa Sands East | Excellent |
| 30000 | Praa Sands West | Excellent |
| 30100 | Perranuthnoe | Excellent |
| 30200 | Marazion | Excellent |
| 30300 | Long Rock | Good |
| 30400 | Penzance | Excellent |
| 30500 | Wherry Town | Excellent |
| 30600 | Porthcurno | Excellent |
| 30700 | Sennen | Excellent |
| 30750 | Gwynver | Excellent |
| 30800 | Porthmeor | Excellent |
| 30900 | Porthgwidden | Excellent |
| 31000 | Porthminster | Good |
| 31100 | Carbis Bay | Excellent |
| 31200 | Porthkidney Sands | Excellent |
| 31250 | Mexico Towans | Excellent |
| 31300 | Hayle Towans | Excellent |
| 31350 | Upton Towans | Excellent |
| 31400 | Gwithian Towans | Excellent |
| 31450 | Godrevy Towans | Excellent |
| 31500 | Portreath | Excellent |
| 31600 | Porthtowan | Excellent |
| 31650 | Chapel Porth | Excellent |
| 31700 | Trevaunance Cove | Excellent |
| 31800 | Perranporth | Excellent |
| 31900 | Perranporth Penhale Sands | Excellent |
| 32000 | Holywell Bay | Excellent |
| 32100 | Crantock | Good |
| 32150 | Fistral South | Excellent |
| 32200 | Fistral North | Excellent |
| 32300 | Towan | Good |
| 32310 | Great Western | Excellent |
| 32320 | Tolcarne | Excellent |
| 32330 | Lusty Glaze | Excellent |
| 32340 | Porth | Sufficient |
| 32400 | Watergate Bay | Excellent |
| 32500 | Mawgan Porth | Excellent |
| 32550 | Porthcothan | Excellent |
| 32600 | Treyarnon Bay | Excellent |
| 32700 | Constantine Bay | Excellent |
| 32750 | Booby’s Bay | Excellent |
| 32800 | Mother Ivey`s Bay | Excellent |
| 32900 | Harlyn Bay | Excellent |
| 33000 | Trevone Bay | Excellent |
| 33200 | Daymer Bay | Excellent |
| 33300 | Polzeath | Good |
| 33350 | Trebarwith Strand | Good |
| 33360 | Crackington Haven | Excellent |
| 33400 | Widemouth Sand | Excellent |
| 33500 | Summerleaze | Good |
| 33600 | Crooklets | Good |
| 33650 | Northcott Mouth | Excellent |
| 33700 | Sandymouth | Excellent |
| 33800 | Hartland Quay | Excellent |
| 33900 | Westward Ho! | Excellent |
| 34100 | Saunton Sands | Excellent |
| 34200 | Croyde Bay | Excellent |
| 34300 | Putsborough | Excellent |
| 34400 | Woolacombe Village | Excellent |
| 34410 | Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe | Excellent |
| 34450 | Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach | Excellent |
| 34500 | Ilfracombe Wildersmouth | Poor |
| 34600 | Ilfracombe Hele | Good |
| 34700 | Combe Martin | Poor |
| 34800 | Lynmouth | Excellent |
| 34900 | Porlock Weir | Excellent |
| 35000 | Minehead Terminus | Good |
| 35100 | Dunster North West | Sufficient |
| 35200 | Blue Anchor West | Sufficient |
| 35300 | Burnham Jetty North | Poor |
| 35500 | Berrow North of Unity Farm | Good |
| 35600 | Brean | Excellent |
| 35700 | Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway | Sufficient |
| 35800 | Weston Main | Poor |
| 35900 | Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay | Good |
| 36000 | Clevedon Beach | Good |
| 36050 | Henleaze Lake | Good |
| 40750 | West Kirby | Excellent |
| 40800 | Meols | Excellent |
| 40900 | Moreton | Excellent |
| 41000 | Wallasey | Good |
| 41200 | Formby | Excellent |
| 41300 | Ainsdale | Good |
| 41500 | Southport | Good |
| 41800 | St Annes | Good |
| 41900 | St Annes North | Good |
| 42100 | Blackpool South | Good |
| 42300 | Blackpool Central | Good |
| 42500 | Blackpool North | Sufficient |
| 42600 | Bispham | Good |
| 42800 | Cleveleys | Good |
| 43000 | Fleetwood | Good |
| 43260 | Morecambe South | Good |
| 43550 | Morecambe North | Good |
| 44200 | Walney Biggar Bank | Sufficient |
| 44300 | Walney Sandy Gap | Good |
| 44400 | Walney West Shore | Good |
| 44800 | Haverigg | Sufficient |
| 45200 | Silecroft | Excellent |
| 45600 | Seascale | Good |
| 45625 | Windermere, Lakeside YMCA | Excellent |
| 45650 | Windermere, Millerground Landing | Excellent |
| 45675 | Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow | Excellent |
| 45700 | Windermere, Fellfoot | Excellent |
| 45920 | St Bees | Excellent |
| 46000 | Allonby South | Poor |
| 46100 | Allonby | Good |