Research and analysis
Bathing water classifications 2023
Updated 26 November 2024
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Bathing waters are listed in geographical order beginning in the North East.
Tunstall was de-designated prior to the 2023 season due to being inaccessible.
Watcombe has not been sampled in 2023 because access has been closed due to coastal erosion.
| Bathing water reference | Bathing water name | 2023 classification |
|---|---|---|
| 03600 | Spittal | Excellent |
| 03700 | Bamburgh Castle | Excellent |
| 03800 | Seahouses North | Excellent |
| 03900 | Beadnell | Excellent |
| 04000 | Low Newton | Excellent |
| 04200 | Warkworth | Excellent |
| 04250 | Amble Links | Good |
| 04280 | Druridge Bay North | Excellent |
| 04300 | Druridge Bay South | Excellent |
| 04400 | Newbiggin North | Good |
| 04500 | Newbiggin South | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 05400 | Marsden | Good |
| 05500 | Seaburn - Sunderland | Excellent |
| 05600 | Roker - Sunderland | Excellent |
| 05700 | Seaham Hall Beach | Sufficient |
| 05800 | Seaham Beach | Good |
| 05900 | Crimdon | Good |
| 06000 | Seaton Carew North | Good |
| 06100 | Seaton Carew Centre | Good |
| 06200 | Seaton Carew North Gare | Excellent |
| 06300 | Redcar Coatham | Good |
| 06400 | Redcar Lifeboat Station | Excellent |
| 06500 | Redcar Granville | Excellent |
| 06600 | Redcar Stray | Excellent |
| 06650 | Marske Sands | Good |
| 06700 | Saltburn | Good |
| 06900 | Runswick Bay | Good |
| 07000 | Sandsend | Excellent |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 07950 | Danes Dyke, Flamborough | Excellent |
| 08000 | Bridlington North Beach | Good |
| 08100 | Bridlington South Beach | Poor |
| 08200 | Wilsthorpe | Good |
| 08300 | Fraisthorpe | Good |
| 08600 | Skipsea | Good |
| 08700 | Hornsea | Excellent |
| 08900 | Withernsea | Excellent |
| 08901 | Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley | Poor |
| 09000 | Cleethorpes | Good |
| 09020 | Humberston Fitties | Good |
| 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 |
| 09701 | Rutland Water Whitwell Creek | Good |
| 09702 | Rutland Water Sykes Lane | Excellent |
| 09750 | Colwick Country Park (West Lake) | Excellent |
| 09800 | Heacham | Poor |
| 09850 | Hunstanton Main Beach | Sufficient |
| 09900 | Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) | Sufficient |
| 10000 | Wells | Good |
| 10100 | Sheringham | Excellent |
| 10125 | West Runton | Excellent |
| 10150 | East Runton | Excellent |
| 10200 | Cromer | Excellent |
| 10300 | Mundesley | Good |
| 10310 | Sea Palling | Good |
| 10325 | Hemsby | Good |
| 10350 | Caister Point | Good |
| 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) | Excellent |
| 10800 | Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) | Good |
| 10830 | Southwold The Pier | Excellent |
| 10850 | Southwold The Denes | Excellent |
| 10860 | River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield | Poor |
| 10900 | Felixstowe North | Excellent |
| 11000 | Felixstowe South | Excellent |
| 11100 | Dovercourt | Excellent |
| 11250 | Walton | Good |
| 11300 | Frinton | Excellent |
| 11350 | Holland | Excellent |
| 11500 | Clacton | Good |
| 11600 | Jaywick | Good |
| 11650 | Clacton Beach Martello Tower | Good |
| 11700 | Brightlingsea | Excellent |
| 11750 | West Mersea | Excellent |
| 11760 | Cotswold Country Park and Beach | Excellent |
| 11770 | Shoebury East | Excellent |
| 11780 | Shoeburyness | Excellent |
| 11800 | Southend Thorpe Bay | Good |
| 11830 | Southend Jubilee | Good |
| 11850 | Southend Three Shells | Excellent |
| 11900 | Southend Westcliff Bay | Excellent |
| 11902 | Southend Chalkwell | Good |
| 11904 | Leigh Bell Wharf | Good |
| 11910 | Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) | Good |
| 11920 | Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) | Excellent |
| 11930 | Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) | Excellent |
| 11940 | The Serpentine - Hyde Park | Sufficient |
| 11945 | Frensham Great Pond | Excellent |
| 11946 | Wolvercote Mill Stream | Poor |
| 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 | Sufficient |
| 12400 | St Mildred’s Bay, Westgate | Excellent |
| 12450 | Westbrook Bay, Margate | Excellent |
| 12500 | Margate The Bay | Good |
| 12600 | Margate Fulsam Rock | Excellent |
| 12630 | Walpole Bay, Margate | Good |
| 12660 | Botany Bay, Broadstairs | Excellent |
| 12700 | Joss Bay, Broadstairs | Excellent |
| 12750 | Broadstairs, Stone Bay | Good |
| 12800 | Broadstairs, Viking Bay | Sufficient |
| 12850 | Ramsgate Sands | Good |
| 12900 | Ramsgate Western Undercliffe | Good |
| 13000 | Sandwich Bay | Good |
| 13100 | Deal Castle | Sufficient |
| 13200 | St Margaret`s Bay | Excellent |
| 13300 | Folkestone | Sufficient |
| 13400 | Sandgate | Excellent |
| 13500 | Hythe | Excellent |
| 13600 | Dymchurch | Sufficient |
| 13700 | St Mary’s Bay (Kent) | Poor |
| 13800 | Littlestone | Poor |
| 13900 | Camber | Good |
| 14000 | Winchelsea | Good |
| 14100 | Hastings Pelham Beach | Good |
| 14150 | St Leonards | Excellent |
| 14200 | Bexhill | Sufficient |
| 14300 | Norman`s Bay | Excellent |
| 14400 | Pevensey Bay | Good |
| 14500 | Eastbourne | Good |
| 14550 | Birling Gap | Excellent |
| 14600 | Seaford | Excellent |
| 14800 | Saltdean | Excellent |
| 14900 | Brighton Kemptown | Excellent |
| 14950 | Brighton Central | Good |
| 15000 | Hove | Excellent |
| 15100 | Southwick | Excellent |
| 15200 | Shoreham Beach | Excellent |
| 15300 | Lancing, Beach Green | Excellent |
| 15400 | Worthing | Good |
| 15500 | Littlehampton | Good |
| 15600 | Middleton-on-sea | Excellent |
| 15650 | Felpham | Good |
| 15680 | Bognor Regis East | Good |
| 15700 | Bognor Regis (Aldwick) | Poor |
| 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 | Good |
| 16600 | Southsea East | Poor |
| 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 | Good |
| 17800 | Cowes | Excellent |
| 17850 | East Cowes | Excellent |
| 17900 | Ryde | Good |
| 18000 | Seagrove | Excellent |
| 18100 | St Helens | Excellent |
| 18200 | Bembridge | Good |
| 18300 | Whitecliff Bay | Excellent |
| 18350 | Yaverland | Excellent |
| 18400 | Sandown | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 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 | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 20200 | Durdle Door West | Excellent |
| 20300 | Ringstead Bay | Excellent |
| 20400 | Bowleaze Cove | Sufficient |
| 20500 | Church Ope Cove | Excellent |
| 20600 | Weymouth Lodmoor | Excellent |
| 20700 | Weymouth Central | Excellent |
| 20800 | Portland Harbour Castle Cove | Excellent |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 22100 | Budleigh Salterton | Excellent |
| 22200 | Sandy Bay | Sufficient |
| 22300 | Exmouth | Excellent |
| 22400 | Dawlish Warren | Excellent |
| 22500 | Dawlish Town | Good |
| 22600 | Dawlish Coryton Cove | Excellent |
| 22700 | Teignmouth Holcombe | Excellent |
| 22800 | Teignmouth Town | Good |
| 22900 | Shaldon | Excellent |
| 23000 | Ness Cove | Excellent |
| 23100 | Maidencombe | Excellent |
| 23200 | Watcombe | un-assessed |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 25500 | Thurlestone South | Excellent |
| 25600 | Thurlestone North | Excellent |
| 25700 | Bantham | Excellent |
| 25800 | Bigbury-on-Sea South | Excellent |
| 25900 | Bigbury-on-Sea North | Excellent |
| 26000 | Challaborough | Excellent |
| 26100 | Mothecombe | Good |
| 26200 | Wembury | Excellent |
| 26300 | Bovisand | Excellent |
| 26400 | Plymouth Hoe East | Excellent |
| 26500 | Plymouth Hoe West | Excellent |
| 26510 | Plymouth Firestone Bay | Excellent |
| 26520 | Kingsand | Excellent |
| 26530 | Cawsand | Excellent |
| 26560 | Tregonhawke | Excellent |
| 26570 | Sharrow | Excellent |
| 26600 | Portwrinkle | Excellent |
| 26700 | Downderry | Excellent |
| 26800 | Seaton (Cornwall) | Excellent |
| 26900 | Millendreath | Good |
| 27000 | East Looe | Good |
| 27100 | Readymoney Cove | Good |
| 27200 | Polkerris | Good |
| 27300 | Par Sands | Sufficient |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 28200 | Gorran Haven Little Perhaver | Excellent |
| 28300 | Vault Beach | Excellent |
| 28400 | Porthluney | Poor |
| 28500 | Pendower | Excellent |
| 28550 | Porthcurnick | Excellent |
| 28600 | Gyllyngvase | Excellent |
| 28700 | Swanpool | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 29900 | Praa Sands East | Excellent |
| 30000 | Praa Sands West | Excellent |
| 30100 | Perranuthnoe | Excellent |
| 30200 | Marazion | Good |
| 30300 | Long Rock | Good |
| 30400 | Penzance | Good |
| 30500 | Wherry Town | Good |
| 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 | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 32310 | Great Western | Excellent |
| 32320 | Tolcarne | Excellent |
| 32330 | Lusty Glaze | Excellent |
| 32340 | Porth | Good |
| 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 | Excellent |
| 33350 | Trebarwith Strand | Good |
| 33360 | Crackington Haven | Excellent |
| 33400 | Widemouth Sand | Excellent |
| 33500 | Summerleaze | Excellent |
| 33600 | Crooklets | Excellent |
| 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 |
| 34600 | Ilfracombe Hele | Sufficient |
| 34700 | Combe Martin | Good |
| 34800 | Lynmouth | Excellent |
| 34900 | Porlock Weir | Excellent |
| 35000 | Minehead Terminus | Sufficient |
| 35100 | Dunster Beach | Poor |
| 35200 | Blue Anchor West | Sufficient |
| 35500 | Berrow North of Unity Farm | Good |
| 35600 | Brean | Good |
| 35700 | Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway | Poor |
| 35800 | Weston Main | Poor |
| 35900 | Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay | Poor |
| 36000 | Clevedon Beach | Good |
| 36050 | Henleaze Lake | Good |
| 40750 | West Kirby | Good |
| 40800 | Meols | Excellent |
| 40900 | Moreton | Excellent |
| 41000 | Wallasey | Excellent |
| 41200 | Formby | Excellent |
| 41300 | Ainsdale | Sufficient |
| 41500 | Southport | Sufficient |
| 41800 | St Annes | Sufficient |
| 41900 | St Annes North | Poor |
| 42100 | Blackpool South | Sufficient |
| 42300 | Blackpool Central | Sufficient |
| 42500 | Blackpool North | Poor |
| 42600 | Bispham | Good |
| 42800 | Cleveleys | Good |
| 43000 | Fleetwood | Good |
| 43260 | Morecambe South | Sufficient |
| 43550 | Morecambe North | Sufficient |
| 44200 | Walney Biggar Bank | Good |
| 44300 | Walney Sandy Gap | Excellent |
| 44400 | Walney West Shore | Excellent |
| 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 |
| 46100 | Allonby | Good |