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Water Quality - Sewage Treatment in the UK: Sensitive Areas

Bathing waters

The table below lists the current identified Sensitive Areas (Bathing Waters), with each name linking to an individual map of that bathing water which includes its delineating coordinates.   Each map is around 200 KB in size.

The UK area (EA regions for England) maps of bathing waters are also available on the maps and tables page.

UK Sensitive Areas (Bathing Waters)

Sensitive area name
Sampling point location

England

Identified 5 March 2002
North East

1

Whitley Bay

NZ35207270

2

Tynemouth Cullercoats

NZ36507130

3

Tynemouth Long Sands North

NZ36707080

4

Tynemouth Long Sands South

NZ36907010

5

Tynemouth King Edwards Bay

NZ37306960

6

South Shields

NZ37906740

7

Marsden

NZ40006500

8

Whitburn North

NZ40706050

9

Roker/ Whitburn South

NZ40705930

10

Seaham Beach

NZ42305080

11

Seaham Hall Beach (Remand Home)

NZ42605050

12

Crimdon

NZ48803680

13

Seaton Carew North

NZ52503050

14

Seaton Carew Centre

NZ53102960

15

Seaton Carew North Gare

NZ54002860

16

Redcar Coatham

NZ59402560

17

Redcar Lifeboat Station

NZ60502550

18

Redcar Granville

NZ61302510

19

Redcar Stray

NZ62502380

20

Sea at Marske Sands

NZ63602320

21

Saltburn

NZ66602180

22

Staithes

NZ78451890

23

Whitby

NZ89301160

24

Scarborough North Bay

TA03808990

25

Scarborough South Bay

TA04608860

26

Filey

TA12008050

27

Flamborough South Landing

TA23106920

28

Danes Dyke, Flamborough

TA21606910

29

Bridlington North Beach

TA19006720

30

Bridlington South Beach

TA18106610

31

Wilsthorpe

TA17206400

32

Hornsea

TA21004780

33

Withernsea

TA34402810

Anglian 

34

Cleethorpes

TA31050860

35

Mablethorpe Town

TF50808540

36

Heacham

TF66303750

37

Hunstanton Main Beach

TF67024060

38

Hunstanton Beach

TF67804250

39

Wells

TF91404560

40

Walton

TM25552156

41

Frinton

TM23791941

42

West Mersea

TM02271203

Southern 

43

Sheerness

TQ92507500

44

West Beach

TR09806600

45

Herne Bay Central

TR16506850

46

Herne Bay

TR18606860

47

Minnis Bay

TR28606970

48

Westgate Bay

TR32007020

49

St Mildred's Bay

TR32807050

50

Westbrook Bay

TR34107060

51

Margate The Bay

TR34707080

52

Margate Fulsam Rock

TR35607150

53

Walpole Bay

TR36507150

54

Botany Bay

TR39107120

55

Joss Bay

TR39907020

56

Broadstairs Stone Bay

TR40106880

57

Broadstairs Viking Bay

TR39806770

58

Dymchurch

TR11303040

59

St Mary's Bay

TR09302770

60

Littlestone

TR08402390

61

Camber

TQ97301840

62

Bracklesham Bay

SZ80509630

63

West Wittering

SZ76809800

64

West of Eastoke

SZ72909840

65

West Beachlands

SZ71359871

66

West Hayling

SZ70509870

67

Eastney

SZ67509880

68

Southsea

SZ65309820

69

Stokes Bay

SZ60009790

70

Lee-on-Solent

SU56200050

71

Hillhead

SU54670183

South West 

72

Christchurch Highcliffe Castle

SZ20009290

73

Christchurch Friar's Cliff

SZ19209252

74

Christchurch Avon Beach

SZ18909230

75

Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank East

SZ18309110

76

Poole Harbour Sandbanks

SZ04908850

77

Poole Harbour Lake

SY98309040

78

Poole Harbour Rockley Sands

SY97209080

79

Swanage Central

SZ03107930

80

Seatown

SY41909170

81

Lyme Regis Church Beach

SY34369212

82

Lyme Regis Cobb

SY33909185

83

Seaton (Devon)

SY24508985

84

Sidmouth Town

SY12708720

85

Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder

SY11908695

86

Ladram Bay

SY09728515

87

Sandy Bay

SY03357980

88

Exmouth

SY00987995

89

Dawlish Warren

SX98307875

90

Dawlish Town

SX96557680

91

Dawlish Coryton Cove

SX96117606

92

St.Mary's Bay

SX93205510

93

Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove

SX88655020

94

Mill Bay

SX74073825

95

Salcombe North Sands

SX73103820

96

Salcombe South Sands

SX72853775

97

Hope Cove

SX67553975

98

Thurlestone South

SX67654170

99

Thurlestone North

SX67404210

100

Bantham

SX66234380

101

Bigbury-on-Sea South

SX65104415

102

Mothecombe

SX61054734

103

Plymouth Hoe East

SX47805370

104

Plymouth Hoe West

SX47505370

105

Seaton (Cornwall)

SX30305430

106

East Looe

SX25705320

107

Readymoney

SX11805110

108

Pentewan

SX01804670

109

Gorran Haven Little Perhaver

SX01334159

110

Gorran Haven (Vault)

SX01304093

111

Gyllyngvase

SW80903160

112

Swanpool

SW80303130

113

Maen Porth

SW79002960

114

Porthallow

SW79702330

115

Pollurian Cove

SW66801870

116

Porthleven West

SW63202530

117

Porthtowan

SW69134809

118

Trevaunance Cove

SW72305170

119

Perranporth Village End

SW75705480

120

Crantock

SW78406080

121

Fistral

SW79606230

122

Towan

SW81006205

123

Mawgan Porth

SW84806740

124

Mother Ivey's Bay

SW86457594

125

Harlyn Bay

SW87707550

126

Trevone Bay

SW89207610

127

Rock

SW93787578

128

Daymer Bay

SW92837760

129

Polzeath

SW93607920

130

Westward Ho!

SS43252940

131

Instow

SS47173044

132

Saunton Sands

SS44553760

133

Croyde Bay

SS43473930

134

Woolacombe Village

SS45624370

135

Barricane Bay, Woolacombe

SS45304440

136

Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach

SS51454780

137

Ilfracombe Capstone (Wildersmouth)

SS51824790

138

Ilfracombe Hele

SS53554792

139

Combe Martin

SS57724732

140

Lynmouth

SS72504975

141

Minehead Terminus

SS97304650

142

Dunster North West

SS99704550

143

Blue Anchor West

ST02304350

144

Burnham Jetty

ST30204880

145

Berrow North of Unity Farm

ST29305450

146

Brean

ST29605850

147

Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway

ST31205880

148

Weston-Super-Mare Main

ST31606070

149

Clevedon Beach

ST39807120

North West

150

West Kirby

SJ21008680

151

Meols

SJ23009060

152

Moreton

SJ25709180

153

New Brighton

SJ28709370

154

Ainsdale

SD29701290

155

Southport

SD32201790

156

St Annes

SD31802830

157

St Annes North

SD30403050

158

Blackpool South

SD30403380

159

Blackpool Central

SD30603560

160

Blackpool North

SD30503640

161

Fleetwood

SD32704820

162

Heysham Half Moon Bay

SD40756075

163

Morecambe South

SD42206360

164

Morecambe North

SD44106500

165

Bardsea

SD30007400

166

Aldingham

SD28307090

167

Newbiggin

SD27306940

168

Walney West Shore

SD17007000

169

Roan Head

SD19807580

170

Askam-in-Furness

SD20907820

171

Haverigg

SD16007780

172

Seascale

NY03400100

173

Windermere, Lakeside YMCA

SD37508990

174

Windermere, Millerground Landing

SD39459855

175

Windermere, Fellfoot

SD38028721

176

St Bees

NX95901170

177

Allonby South

NY06604060

178

Allonby

NY07804240

179

Silloth

NY10405320

180

Skinburness

NY12605650

Northern Ireland

Identified 28 July 2006

15

Newcastle

NY12605650

Scotland

Identified 26 February 2002

1

Fraserburgh

NK0020066100

2

Fraserburgh (Philorth)

NK0212065050

3

Inverboyndie

NJ6718764743

4

Nairn (Central Beach)

NH8690057000

5

Nairn (East Beach)

NH8975057300

6

Portobello - Central

NT3129673847

7

Portobello - West

NT3031474632

8

St Andrews (East Sands)

NO5200016300

9

St Andrews (West Sands)

NO5047417681

Wales

Identified 5 April 2002

1

Swansea Bay

SS64409210

2

Bracelet Bay

SS63008710

3

Limeslade Bay

SS62508700

4

Langland Bay

SS60608710

5

Caswell Bay

SS59108740

6

Pembrey

SS40009980

7

Amroth

SN16700680

8

Tenby North

SN13450080

9

Tenby, Castle Beach

SN13820002

10

Tenby South

SS13259985

11

Dale

SM81300570

12

Newgale

SM84602170

13

Poppit Sands

SN15204890

14

Aberporth

SN25805170

15

Tresaith

SN27805170

16

Aberystwyth South

SN57908140

17

Aberystwyth North

SN58308220

18

Tywyn

SH57670032

19

Criccieth

SH50333808

20

Pwllheli

SH37103407

21

Rhosneigr

SH32377212

22

Llandudno North Shore

SH78328249

23

Colwyn Bay

SH85847917

24

Rhyl

SJ00208260

Total: 214 UK Sensitive Areas (Bathing Waters)

Page last modified: 28 September 2007
Page published 21 October 2002

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs