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Can I swim at East Beach at West Bay?

Dorset, England · Coastal

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Photograph near East Beach at West Bay by Stacey Harris
Photograph near East Beach at West Bay by Stacey Harris · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Not classified
Water
Coastal
Area
Dorset, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
18 (nearest 0.3km)

East Beach at West Bay does not currently carry an annual bathing water classification.

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.

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East Beach at West Bay'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.