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South West Water

515 of its monitored storm overflows sit within 5km of a designated bathing water. Those 160 bathing waters are listed below, with today’s verdict for each.

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This is not a league table and cannot be read as one. Companies do not get comparable stretches of coast, and counting spills against each other would say more about how much coastline each one covers than about how it behaves. What this page answers is narrower and more useful: if you swim near here, whose pipes are they.

An overflow being quiet is not the same as an overflow being clean, and a monitor that is offline is a gap rather than an all clear. Both are shown as such on each beach page.

Bathing waters with one of its overflows within 5km

Plymouth Firestone BayCity of Plymouth, England

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Plymouth Hoe EastCity of Plymouth, England

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Plymouth Hoe WestCity of Plymouth, England

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Booby's BayCornwall, England

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Carbis BayCornwall, England

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CawsandCornwall, England

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Chapel PorthCornwall, England

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CharlestownCornwall, England

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Church CoveCornwall, England

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Constantine BayCornwall, England

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CoverackCornwall, England

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Crackington HavenCornwall, England

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CrantockCornwall, England

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Crinnis BeachCornwall, England

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CrookletsCornwall, England

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Daymer BayCornwall, England

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DownderryCornwall, England

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DuporthCornwall, England

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East LooeCornwall, England

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Fistral NorthCornwall, England

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Fistral SouthCornwall, England

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Godrevy TowansCornwall, England

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Gorran Haven Little PerhaverCornwall, England

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Great WesternCornwall, England

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Gwithian TowansCornwall, England

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GwynverCornwall, England

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GyllyngvaseCornwall, England

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Harlyn BayCornwall, England

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Hayle TowansCornwall, England

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Holywell BayCornwall, England

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Kennack SandsCornwall, England

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KingsandCornwall, England

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Long RockCornwall, England

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Lostwithiel, River FoweyCornwall, England

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Lusty GlazeCornwall, England

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MaenporthCornwall, England

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MarazionCornwall, England

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Mawgan PorthCornwall, England

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Mexico TowansCornwall, England

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MillendreathCornwall, England

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Mother Ivey’s BayCornwall, England

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Northcott MouthCornwall, England

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Par SandsCornwall, England

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PendowerCornwall, England

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PentewanCornwall, England

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PenzanceCornwall, England

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PerranporthCornwall, England

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Perranporth Penhale SandsCornwall, England

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PerranuthnoeCornwall, England

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Poldhu CoveCornwall, England

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PolkerrisCornwall, England

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PolstreathCornwall, England

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Polurrian CoveCornwall, England

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PolzeathCornwall, England

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PorthCornwall, England

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PorthallowCornwall, England

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PorthcothanCornwall, England

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PorthcurnickCornwall, England

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PorthcurnoCornwall, England

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PorthgwiddenCornwall, England

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Porthkidney SandsCornwall, England

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Porthleven SandsCornwall, England

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PorthluneyCornwall, England

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PorthmeorCornwall, England

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PorthminsterCornwall, England

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PorthoustockCornwall, England

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PorthpeanCornwall, England

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PorthtowanCornwall, England

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PortmellonCornwall, England

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PortreathCornwall, England

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PortwrinkleCornwall, England

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Praa Sands EastCornwall, England

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Praa Sands WestCornwall, England

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Readymoney CoveCornwall, England

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SandymouthCornwall, England

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Seaton (Cornwall)Cornwall, England

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SennenCornwall, England

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SharrowCornwall, England

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Shorthorn BeachCornwall, England

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SummerleazeCornwall, England

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SwanpoolCornwall, England

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TolcarneCornwall, England

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TowanCornwall, England

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Trebarwith StrandCornwall, England

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TregonhawkeCornwall, England

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Trevaunance CoveCornwall, England

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Trevone BayCornwall, England

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Treyarnon BayCornwall, England

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Upton TowansCornwall, England

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Vault BeachCornwall, England

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Watergate BayCornwall, England

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Wherry TownCornwall, England

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Widemouth SandCornwall, England

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Charmouth WestDorset, England

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Lyme Regis Church Cliff BeachDorset, England

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Lyme Regis Front BeachDorset, England

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BeerEast Devon, England

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Budleigh SaltertonEast Devon, England

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ExmouthEast Devon, England

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Ladram BayEast Devon, England

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Sandy BayEast Devon, England

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Seaton (Devon)East Devon, England

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Sidmouth Jacobs LadderEast Devon, England

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Sidmouth TownEast Devon, England

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Combe MartinNorth Devon, England

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Combesgate Beach, WoolacombeNorth Devon, England

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Croyde BayNorth Devon, England

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Ilfracombe HeleNorth Devon, England

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Ilfracombe Tunnels BeachNorth Devon, England

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LynmouthNorth Devon, England

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PutsboroughNorth Devon, England

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Saunton SandsNorth Devon, England

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Woolacombe VillageNorth Devon, England

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BanthamSouth Hams, England

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Bigbury-on-Sea NorthSouth Hams, England

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Bigbury-on-Sea SouthSouth Hams, England

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Blackpool SandsSouth Hams, England

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BovisandSouth Hams, England

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ChallaboroughSouth Hams, England

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Coastguards Beach, Erme EstuarySouth Hams, England

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Dartmouth Castle CoveSouth Hams, England

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Dittisham, Dart EstuarySouth Hams, England

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Hope CoveSouth Hams, England

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Mill BaySouth Hams, England

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MothecombeSouth Hams, England

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Newton and NossSouth Hams, England

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Salcombe North SandsSouth Hams, England

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Salcombe South SandsSouth Hams, England

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Slapton Sands MonumentSouth Hams, England

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Slapton Sands TorcrossSouth Hams, England

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Steamer Quay, Dart EstuarySouth Hams, England

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Stoke Gabriel, Dart EstuarySouth Hams, England

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Thurlestone NorthSouth Hams, England

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Thurlestone SouthSouth Hams, England

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Warfleet Creek, Dart EstuarySouth Hams, England

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WemburySouth Hams, England

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Dawlish Coryton CoveTeignbridge, England

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Dawlish TownTeignbridge, England

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Dawlish WarrenTeignbridge, England

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Ness CoveTeignbridge, England

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ShaldonTeignbridge, England

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Teignmouth HolcombeTeignbridge, England

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Teignmouth TownTeignbridge, England

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Anstey's Cove (Torquay)Torbay, England

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BabbacombeTorbay, England

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Beacon CoveTorbay, England

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Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone)Torbay, England

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BroadsandsTorbay, England

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GoodringtonTorbay, England

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HollicombeTorbay, England

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MaidencombeTorbay, England

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MeadfootTorbay, England

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OddicombeTorbay, England

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Paignton Paignton SandsTorbay, England

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Paignton Preston SandsTorbay, England

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St Mary's Bay (Devon)Torbay, England

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Torre AbbeyTorbay, England

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WatcombeTorbay, England

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Hartland QuayTorridge, England

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Westward Ho!Torridge, England

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