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Bathing water in New Forest, England

New Forest has five bathing waters on the regulators’ lists: four on the coast and one on a river. In 2025 four were rated Excellent and one Poor. Southern Water and Wessex Water have 24 monitored storm overflows within 5 km of them. Today's readings load below.

Bathing waters in this area

4 of these were rated Excellent for their last full season: the cleanest beaches in New Forest.