Water Quality Classification Predictions for Bathing Waters in England and Wales Under the Revised Bathing Water Directive – No Discounting

Environment Agency Full results – no discounting October 2009

Water Quality classification predictions for bathing waters in England and Wales under the revised Bathing Water Directive – no discounting

As assessed by the Environment Agency using 2006 to 2009 water quality monitoring data and assuming that no further action is taken to improve water quality.

Revised BWD (2006 to 2009) Bathing water SamplingPoint Category North East Spittal 03600 Poor Bamburgh Castle 03700 Excellent Seahouses North 03800 Excellent Beadnell 03900 Excellent Low Newton 04000 Excellent Warkworth 04200 Excellent Amble Links 04250 Excellent Druridge Bay North 04280 Not Classified Druridge Bay South 04300 Excellent Newbiggin North 04400 Sufficient Newbiggin South 04500 Excellent Blyth South Beach 04600 Good Seaton Sluice 04700 Excellent Whitley Bay 04800 Excellent Tynemouth Cullercoats 04900 Sufficient Tynemouth Long Sands North 05000 Sufficient Tynemouth Long Sands South 05100 Excellent Tynemouth King Edwards Bay 05200 Excellent South Shields 05300 Excellent Marsden 05400 Excellent Seaburn - Sunderland 05500 Excellent Roker - Sunderland 05600 Excellent Seaham Beach 05700 Good Seaham Hall Beach (Remand Home) 05800 Good Crimdon 05900 Excellent Seaton Carew North 06000 Good Seaton Carew Centre 06100 Excellent Seaton Carew North Gare 06200 Excellent Redcar Coatham 06300 Good Redcar Lifeboat Station 06400 Sufficient Redcar Granville 06500 Good Redcar Stray 06600 Good Sea at Marske Sands 06650 Good Saltburn 06700 Poor Staithes 06800 Poor Runswick Bay 06900 Sufficient Sandsend 07000 Good Whitby 07100 Excellent Robin Hoods Bay 07200 Poor Scarborough North Bay 07300 Excellent Scarborough South Bay 07400 Sufficient Cayton Bay 07500 Excellent Filey 07600 Good Reighton 07700 Excellent Flamborough South Landing 07900 Sufficient Danes Dyke, Flamborough 07950 Good Bridlington North Beach 08000 Good Bridlington South Beach 08100 Poor Wilsthorpe 08200 Sufficient Fraisthorpe 08300 Poor Barmston 08500 Not Classified Skipsea 08600 Good Hornsea 08700 Good Tunstall 08800 Excellent Withernsea 08900 Good

Anglian Cleethorpes 09000 Excellent Mablethorpe Town 09100 Excellent Sutton-on-Sea 09200 Excellent Moggs Eye 09300 Excellent Anderby 09400 Excellent Chapel St Leonard 09500 Excellent Ingoldmells South 09600 Good Skegness 09700 Good Heacham 09800 Sufficient Hunstanton Main Beach 09850 Good Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) 09900 Good Wells 10000 Good Sheringham 10100 Good Cromer 10200 Excellent Mundesley 10300 Good Sea Palling 10310 Excellent Hemsby 10325 Excellent Caister Point 10350 Excellent Great Yarmouth North 10400 Excellent Great Yarmouth Pier 10500 Good Great Yarmouth South 10600 Good Gorleston Beach 10650 Good Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier) 10750 Good Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier) 10800 Excellent Southwold The Pier 10830 Excellent Southwold The Denes 10850 Sufficient Felixstowe North 10900 Excellent Felixstowe South 11000 Excellent Dovercourt 11100 Excellent Walton 11250 Sufficient Frinton 11300 Good Holland 11350 Good Clacton 11500 Excellent Clacton (Groyne 41) 11550 Poor Jaywick 11600 Excellent Clacton Beach Martello Tower 11650 Good Brightlingsea 11700 Excellent West Mersea 11750 Sufficient

Thames Cotswolds Water Park (Keynes Lake 32) 11760 Good Shoebury East 11770 Excellent Shoeburyness 11780 Excellent Southend Thorpe Bay 11800 Good Southend Jubilee 11830 Sufficient Southend Three Shells 11850 Good Southend Westcliff Bay 11900 Good Southend Chalkwell 11902 Poor Leigh Bell Wharf 11904 Sufficient Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond) 11910 Excellent Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) 11920 Excellent Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond) 11930 Good The Serpentine - Hyde Park 11940 Excellent Frensham Great Pond 11945 Excellent

Southern Sheerness 11950 Excellent Leysdown 12000 Good West Beach 12100 Good Tankerton 12120 Not Classified Herne Bay Central 12150 Good Herne Bay 12200 Good Minnis Bay (Birchington) 12300 Excellent West Bay (Westgate) 12350 Excellent St Mildred`s Bay (Westgate) 12400 Excellent Westbrook Bay (Margate) 12450 Good Margate The Bay 12500 Good Margate Fulsam Rock 12600 Good Walpole Bay (Margate) 12630 Sufficient Botany Bay (Broadstairs) 12660 Excellent Joss Bay (Broadstairs) 12700 Excellent Broadstairs (Stone Bay) 12750 Good Broadstairs (Viking Bay) 12800 Sufficient Ramsgate Sands 12850 Good Ramsgate Western Undercliffe 12900 Excellent Sandwich Bay 13000 Excellent Deal Castle 13100 Good St Margaret`s Bay 13200 Excellent Folkestone 13300 Good Sandgate 13400 Good Hythe 13500 Excellent Dymchurch 13600 Good St Mary`s Bay 13700 Excellent Littlestone 13800 Poor Camber 13900 Good Winchelsea 14000 Excellent Hastings 14100 Poor St Leonards 14150 Sufficient Bexhill 14200 Poor Norman`s Bay 14300 Sufficient Pevensey Bay 14400 Sufficient Eastbourne 14500 Good Birling Gap 14550 Excellent Seaford 14600 Good Newhaven 14700 Not Classified Saltdean 14800 Excellent Brighton Kemptown 14900 Good Brighton Central 14950 Not Classified Hove 15000 Good Southwick 15100 Excellent South Lancing 15300 Good Worthing 15400 Good Littlehampton 15500 Good Middleton-on-sea 15600 Excellent Felpham 15650 Good Bognor Regis East 15680 Good Bognor Regis 15700 Sufficient Pagham 15800 Excellent Selsey 15900 Excellent Bracklesham Bay 16000 Excellent West Wittering 16100 Excellent West of Eastoke 16300 Excellent West Beachlands 16350 Excellent West Hayling 16400 Excellent Eastney 16500 Excellent Southsea 16600 Sufficient Stokes Bay 16700 Excellent Lee-on-Solent 16800 Excellent Hillhead 16850 Good Calshot 16900 Excellent Lepe 17000 Excellent Milford-on-sea 17100 Excellent Christchurch Bay 17200 Excellent Highcliffe 17300 Excellent Compton Bay 17400 Excellent Totland Bay 17500 Excellent Colwell Bay 17600 Excellent Gurnard 17700 Excellent Cowes 17800 Good Ryde 17900 Sufficient Seagrove 18000 Good St Helens 18100 Excellent Bembridge 18200 Good Whitecliffe Bay 18300 Excellent Yaverland 18350 Not Classified Sandown 18400 Excellent Shanklin 18500 Excellent Ventnor 18600 Excellent

South West Christchurch Highcliffe Castle 18700 Good Christchurch Friar`s Cliff 18750 Good Christchurch Avon Beach 18800 Sufficient Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East 18900 Excellent Bournemouth Hengistbury East 19000 Excellent Bournemouth Southbourne 19020 Excellent Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk 19030 Excellent Bournemouth Boscombe Pier 19060 Good Bournemouth Pier 19100 Excellent Bournemouth Durley Chine 19150 Excellent Bournemouth Alum Chine 19160 Excellent Poole Branksome Chine 19170 Excellent Poole Canford Cliffs Chine 19190 Excellent Poole Shore Road Beach 19200 Excellent Poole Sandbanks Peninsular 19350 Excellent Poole Harbour Lake 19400 Excellent Poole Harbour Rockley Sands 19450 Excellent Shell Bay North 19600 Excellent Studland Knoll House 19700 Excellent Swanage Central 19800 Excellent Kimmeridge Bay 19900 Good Lulworth Cove 20000 Excellent Durdle Door East 20100 Excellent Durdle Door West 20200 Excellent Ringstead Bay 20300 Excellent Bowleaze Cove 20400 Good Church Ope Cove 20500 Excellent Weymouth Lodmoor 20600 Excellent Weymouth Central 20700 Excellent Portland Harbour Castle Cove 20800 Excellent Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle 20900 Excellent Hive 20970 Excellent West Bay (West) 21000 Excellent Eypemouth 21100 Excellent Seatown 21200 Excellent Charmouth West 21300 Excellent Lyme Regis Church Beach 21400 Poor Lyme Regis Cobb 21500 Sufficient Seaton (Devon) 21600 Sufficient Beer 21700 Excellent Sidmouth Town 21800 Excellent Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder 21900 Excellent Ladram Bay 22000 Good Budleigh Salterton 22100 Good Sandy Bay 22200 Good Exmouth 22300 Good Dawlish Warren 22400 Excellent Dawlish Town 22500 Sufficient Dawlish Coryton Cove 22600 Excellent Teignmouth Holcombe 22700 Good Teignmouth Town 22800 Poor Shaldon 22900 Sufficient Ness Cove 23000 Excellent Maidencombe 23100 Excellent Watcombe 23200 Excellent Oddicombe 23300 Excellent Babbacombe 23400 Excellent Anstey's Cove (Torquay) 23501 Excellent Meadfoot 23600 Excellent Beacon Cove 23700 Good Torre Abbey 23800 Poor Hollicombe 23900 Good Paignton Preston Sands 24000 Poor Paignton Paignton Sands 24100 Poor Goodrington 24200 Sufficient Broadsands 24300 Good Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone) 24500 Excellent St Mary's Bay (Devon) 24600 Excellent Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove 24700 Excellent Blackpool Sands 24800 Excellent Slapton Sands Monument 24900 Excellent Slapton Sands Torcross 25000 Excellent Mill Bay 25100 Excellent Salcombe North Sands 25200 Good Salcombe South Sands 25300 Sufficient Hope Cove 25400 Good Thurlestone South 25500 Excellent Thurlestone North 25600 Excellent Bantham 25700 Good Bigbury-on-Sea South 25800 Sufficient Bigbury-on-Sea North 25900 Excellent Challaborough 26000 Excellent Mothecombe 26100 Poor Wembury 26200 Excellent Bovisand 26300 Sufficient Plymouth Hoe East 26400 Poor Plymouth Hoe West 26500 Poor Kingsand 26520 Excellent Cawsand 26530 Excellent Portwrinkle 26600 Excellent Downderry 26700 Excellent Seaton (Cornwall) 26800 Poor Millendreath 26900 Good East Looe 27000 Poor Readymoney 27100 Sufficient Polkerris 27200 Good Par 27300 Poor Crinnis Golf Links 27400 Sufficient Crinnis Leisure Centre 27500 Excellent Charlestown 27600 Excellent Duporth 27700 Not Classified Porthpean 27800 Excellent Pentewan 27900 Excellent Polstreath 28000 Excellent Port Mellon 28100 Excellent Gorran Haven Little Perhaver 28200 Good Gorran Haven (Vault) 28300 Excellent Porthluney 28400 Poor Pendower 28500 Excellent Porthcurnick 28550 Excellent Gyllyngvase 28600 Excellent Swanpool 28700 Excellent Maen Porth 28800 Excellent Porthallow 28900 Excellent Porthoustock 29000 Excellent Coverack 29100 Excellent Kennack Sands 29200 Excellent Pollurian Cove 29400 Excellent Poldhu Cove 29500 Good Church Cove 29501 Excellent Porthleven West 29800 Excellent Praa Sands East 29900 Excellent Praa Sands West 30000 Excellent Perran Sands 30100 Excellent Mounts Bay Little Holgus 30200 Sufficient Mounts Bay Heliport 30300 Good Mounts Bay Penzance 30400 Good Mounts Bay Wherry Town 30500 Sufficient Porthcurno 30600 Excellent Sennen 30700 Excellent Porthmeor 30800 Excellent Porth Gwidden 30900 Excellent Porthminster 31000 Good Carbis Bay Station Beach 31100 Excellent Carbis Bay Porth Kidney Sands 31200 Excellent The Towans (Hayle) 31300 Excellent The Towans (Godrevy) 31400 Excellent Portreath 31500 Excellent Porthtowan 31600 Excellent Trevaunance Cove 31700 Excellent Perranporth Village End 31800 Good Perranporth Penhale Sands 31900 Excellent Holywell Bay 32000 Excellent Crantock 32100 Excellent Fistral 32200 Excellent Towan 32300 Excellent Great Western 32310 Excellent Tolcarne 32320 Excellent Lusty Glaze 32330 Excellent Porth 32340 Sufficient Watergate 32400 Excellent Mawgan Porth 32500 Excellent Porthcothan 32550 Excellent Treyarnon Bay 32600 Excellent Constantine Bay 32700 Excellent Mother Ivey`s Bay 32800 Excellent Harlyn Bay 32900 Excellent Trevone Bay 33000 Excellent Rock 33100 Poor Daymer Bay 33200 Sufficient Polzeath 33300 Good Trebarwith Strand 33350 Excellent Crackington Haven 33360 Excellent Widemouth Sand 33400 Excellent Bude Summerleaze 33500 Sufficient Bude Crooklets 33600 Excellent Bude Sandy Mouth 33700 Excellent Hartland Quay 33800 Excellent Westward Ho! 33900 Excellent Instow 34000 Poor Saunton Sands 34100 Sufficient Croyde Bay 34200 Sufficient Woolacombe Putsborough 34300 Excellent Woolacombe Village 34400 Excellent Barricane Bay, Woolacombe 34410 Excellent Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach 34450 Excellent Ilfracombe Capstone (Wildersmouth) 34500 Poor Ilfracombe Hele 34600 Sufficient Combe Martin 34700 Poor Lynmouth 34800 Sufficient Porlock Weir 34900 Excellent Minehead Terminus 35000 Good Dunster North West 35100 Sufficient Blue Anchor West 35200 Poor Burnham Jetty 35300 Poor Berrow North of Unity Farm 35500 Sufficient Brean 35600 Good Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway 35700 Poor Weston Main 35800 Poor Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay 35900 Good Clevedon Beach 36000 Sufficient

Wales Jacksons Bay Barry 36100 Sufficient Whitmore Bay Barry 36200 Good Cold Knap Barry 36300 Good Southerndown 36400 Good Trecco Bay Porthcawl 36500 Good Sandy Bay Porthcawl 36600 Excellent Rest Bay Porthcawl 36700 Excellent Aberafan 36800 Good Swansea Bay 36900 Poor Bracelet Bay 37000 Excellent Limeslade Bay 37100 Excellent Langland Bay 37200 Excellent Caswell Bay 37300 Excellent Oxwich Bay 37400 Excellent Port Eynon Bay 37500 Excellent Rhossili 37600 Excellent Pembrey 37700 Good Pendine 37800 Good Amroth 37900 Good Coppet Hall 37980 Excellent Saundersfoot 38000 Excellent Tenby North 38100 Excellent Castle Beach, Tenby 38150 Excellent Tenby South 38200 Excellent Lydstep 38220 Excellent Manorbier 38230 Excellent Freshwater East 38235 Excellent Barafundle 38238 Excellent Broadhaven South 38240 Excellent West Angle 38250 Excellent Dale 38260 Excellent Marloes 38280 Excellent Broadhaven 38300 Excellent Newgale 38400 Excellent Caerfai 38460 Excellent Whitesands 38500 Excellent Newport 38600 Good Poppit Sands 38630 Good Aberporth 38660 Excellent Tresaith 38670 Excellent Llangrannog 38680 Good Newquay Harbour 38690 Excellent Traeth Gwyn New Quay 38700 Excellent Aberystwyth South 38800 Sufficient Aberystwyth North 38900 Good Clarach South 38920 Good Borth 39000 Excellent Aberdyfi 39050 Poor Tywyn 39100 Good Fairbourne 39200 Excellent Barmouth 39300 Good Tal-y-Bont 39350 Excellent Dyffryn (Llanendwyn) 39360 Excellent Llandanwg 39400 Sufficient Harlech 39500 Excellent Morfa Bychan 39600 Excellent Criccieth 39700 Good Pwllheli 39800 Excellent Abersoch 39900 Excellent Morfa Dinlle 39970 Excellent Llanddwyn 39980 Excellent Aberffraw 39985 Excellent Rhosneigr 39990 Excellent Silver Bay Rhoscolyn 39993 Excellent Borth Wen 39995 Excellent Trearddur Bay 40000 Excellent Porth Dafarch 40010 Excellent Church Bay 40030 Excellent Cemaes 40050 Poor Traeth Lligwy 40085 Excellent Benllech 40100 Excellent St Davids - Benllech 40105 Excellent Llanddona 40140 Excellent Llanfairfechan 40170 Not Classified Penmaenmawr 40180 Excellent Llandudno West Shore 40200 Good Llandudno North Shore 40300 Good Colwyn Bay 40400 Sufficient Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove) 40500 Good Rhyl 40600 Poor Prestatyn 40700 Good North West West Kirby 40750 Good Meols 40800 Excellent Moreton 40900 Excellent New Brighton 41000 Excellent Formby 41200 Good Ainsdale 41300 Poor Southport 41500 Poor St Annes 41800 Poor St Annes North 41900 Poor Blackpool South 42100 Sufficient Blackpool Central 42300 Not Classified Blackpool North 42500 Not Classified Bispham 42600 Sufficient Cleveleys 42800 Not Classified Fleetwood 43000 Poor Heysham Half Moon Bay 43100 Poor Morecambe South 43260 Poor Morecambe North 43550 Sufficient Bardsea 43800 Poor Aldingham 43900 Poor Newbiggin 44000 Poor Walney Biggar Bank 44200 Sufficient Walney Sandy Gap 44300 Poor Walney West Shore 44400 Good Roan Head 44500 Poor Askam-in-Furness 44590 Poor Haverigg 44800 Poor Silecroft 45200 Excellent Seascale 45600 Sufficient Windermere, Lakeside YMCA 45625 Excellent Windermere, Millerground Landing 45650 Good Windermere, Fellfoot 45700 Sufficient St Bees 45920 Good Allonby South 46000 Sufficient Allonby 46100 Poor Silloth 46300 Poor Skinburness 46500 Poor

Defra February 2009