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Can I swim at Brighton Kemptown?

The City of Brighton and Hove, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Excellent (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
The City of Brighton and Hove, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
2 (nearest 0.8km)

Brighton Kemptown was rated Excellent for 2025 — the highest of the four grades in the Bathing Water Regulations. That grade comes from bacterial samples taken over several seasons, so it describes the beach's record rather than the water on any given day.

The Environment Agency issues a pollution risk forecast for this beach every morning during the bathing season, and the water company publishes the status of its storm overflows every few minutes.

Other swimming spots nearby

Brighton CentralThe City of Brighton and Hove, England · 1.7 km awayHoveThe City of Brighton and Hove, England · 3.2 km awayRottingdean BeachThe City of Brighton and Hove, England · 4.9 km awaySaltdeanThe City of Brighton and Hove, England · 5.9 km awaySouthwickAdur, England · 8.1 km awayShoreham BeachAdur, England · 10.5 km away

Check the official source

Brighton Kemptown's official page at the Environment Agency · See it on a map

This page is not official. It reads published data and presents it plainly; if a sign at the beach says otherwise, believe the sign.