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UK Good Beach Guide


UK Bathing Water Mandatory Compliance for 2006 (2007 status).

The Environment Agency continues to broadcast the government's false claim that over 98% of the United Kingdom's bathing waters reach the imperative mandatory microbiological standards required by the 1975 76/160/EC Bathing Waters Directive, as shown by the following December 2006 Press Announcement, to be found at www.defra.gov.uk/news/2006/061109a.htm which reads as follows:

"2006 bathing water results - record mandatory compliance in England and the UK"
"England's best ever bathing water quality results were announced on 9 November by Environment Minister, Ian Pearson.
"In 2006, a record 99.5% of all bathing waters in England met the mandatory standards required by the Bathing Water Directive, compared to 98.8% in 2005. Only 2 of England's 413 monitored bathing waters failed to reach the minimum standards. These were Staithes and Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond. ....The overall UK mandatory (99.5%) and guideline (75.0%) compliance figures were also at record highs in 2006. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland achieved 100% mandatory compliance and Wales had just one failing water. ............"

Scrutiny of the results placed on the Environment Agency's web site shows a very different story. This gives the full unedited and uncensored analytical findings from which one can calculate the precise EC Bathing Waters Directive mandatory standard 'pass', 'fail' or 'unproven' status for each resort. The Minister's claim is shown as unfounded.

The reason is that the results provided for public and press consumption have been based upon compliance with only two of the four required mandatory microbiological parameters, these being total coliforms and faecal coliforms, the indicator bacteria.

As in previous years, findings of the far more dangerous salmonella and enterovirus pathogens have been ignored. These pathogens must be shown to be absent for a bathing water to conform to the European Bathing Water Directory Mandatory standard. For a full a full description and list of these bacterial and viral pathogens, see the bacterial and pathogen section on this website under www.marinet.org.uk/ukbw/sewage.html

In order to further camouflage the number of failures, only rarely have the Environment Agency investigated the presence of these pathogens.

The deception practised is such that by not looking for them it is inferred that they were not found, and thus that they must be absent. This is similar to a person claiming to have passed an examination when they have not sat it, saying, "Well, we didn't fail, so we must have passed!" Despite protests over the past ten years against this deception, the United Kingdom authorities have again based compliance for 2007 on a standard of their own making, one which is seriously short of that demanded by the actual 76/160/EEC Bathing Waters Directive.

These flawed claims are widely publicised without inspection or checking by the media, and are claimed as being the compliance of the United Kingdom resorts to the actual standards required by the EC Directive.

These false claims are never corrected nor denied by DEFRA or the Environmental Agency, but are freely allowed to be used as propaganda by the government and the water companies in an attempt to justify their claims to have made major improvements in tackling the sewage pollution of British bathing waters. It is true that over the past few years major improvements have been made in an effort to comply with the more recent Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, but not nearly sufficient to meet the level demanded by the 76/160/EEC Bathing Waters Directive.

Consequently, a major discrepancy exists between what the public is being told to believe and the true qualifying status of the UK's bathing waters.

This poses a serious threat to health as many of the questionable beaches fly Seaside Awards and Blue Flags issued by the Tidy Britain Group. The rules for awarding Seaside Award flags are that they are given to resorts passing the mandatory standards of the EC Bathing Waters Directive. In the past some flags have flown at resorts that failed the microbiological mandatory requirements of the Directive, and also at many more that have not been tested for the presence of the two most infective mandatory pathogens of all - enteroviruses and salmonella!

The listing that follows below gives the true 2007 EC mandatory compliance or failure and reveals, in the overwhelming number of cases, the failure to properly test for all four imperative microbiological parameters as demanded by the Directive.

The listing is made from the actual analytical findings reported by the Environmental Agency of samples taken between May and September of the previous year. The Public Register of the Environmental Agency's regional findings is available on their Internet Web Site (see footnote 1).

To pass the current Directive mandatory standard, a bathing water must have no more than 5% of the samples (1 of the 20) showing either more than 10,000 total coliforms per 100ml, or 2,000 faecal coliforms per 100ml. This, and this alone, is what DEFRA's claimed passes are based upon. However, what is withheld from knowledge in the United Kingdom is that the Directive also demands that in order to meet the imperative mandatory standard the bathing water must also have a complete absence of both enteroviruses and salmonella.

A single finding of either enteroviruses or salmonella over the whole previous year's sampling fails the resort against the imperative mandatory standard, as it is these pathogens, not the coliforms, that are responsible for most of the illnesses associated with bathing in sewage polluted waters. They are not investigated because of the cost involved in doing so. Yet, although on a different budget, that cost imposed to the NHS and public health is far greater!

To spot the factual mandatory compliance of a resort which is claimed to pass, look on the Environment Agency Web Site for the columns under enteroviruses and salmonella.

If you see dashes all the way down the list of twenty findings, then that resort has not been fully tested, so the compliance is unknown, and thus cannot be claimed as a 'pass'.

If you see a '0' or '<1' then it has been tested, and no salmonella or enteroviruses were found to be present. As those few resorts which were tested rarely had more than two tests in the course of the entire year, a pass for these is doubtful. However, we have given these the benefit of the doubt and awarded a 'pass'.

If on the other hand a figure greater than '0' (e.g. 1, 2, etc.) is in the column, then enteroviruses or salmonella were proved to have been present, and hence those resorts are proven to have failed.

It is on this basis, strictly in accordance with the stipulations of the 1975 76/160/EC Bathing Water Directive, that the following qualified list of compliances can be given.

This listing provides a factual PASS, FAIL or an 'UNKNOWN' for every designated UK bathing water according to the actual standards required by the 76/160/EC Bathing Water Directive itself.

False compliance claims for our bathing waters have been ongoing for more than twenty years now, despite evidence of the malpractice supplied to House of Commons Environmental and DETR Committee Enquiries in 1989/90 and in 1997.

The House of Commons Environmental Committee Enquiry into the Disposal of Sewage pointed out the pollution hazard resulting from the Government's "interpretation" of the standards, yet exactly the same false claims of EC compliance have continued unabated under successive governments.

Indeed, the DG-XI Legal Department of the European Commission has taken actions against the UK Government for its failure to comply until recently with the indicator microbiological standards (total coliforms and faecal coliforms) of the Directive.

In answer to a recent question in the European Parliament, the EC Commissioner agreed that, in the strictest terms, the presence of salmonella or enterovirus also fails a resort against the imperative mandatory standard of the Directive - a standard which should have been reached by January 1986. However, the EC government continues to fail to take action against the UK over this continuing deception.

Available on the Environment Agency web site www.environment-agency.gov.uk (see footnote), and also given here, are the recommended guideline conformities.

To meet this guideline, non-mandatory standard bathing waters must show no more than 100 faecal coliforms, 100 faecal streptococci or 500 total coliforms per 100 ml in more than 20% of the samples taken, i.e. not more than four failures of the twenty taken throughout the May to September bathing season. The EA site has a simplified listing of each of the twenty samples per site listed as 'Poor', 'Good' or 'Excellent'. If more than sixteen are shown as 'excellent' it passes. If less, it fails.

But for the imperative mandatory standard to be met, not more than one sample of the twenty coliform tests made throughout the year may be 'poor'; and, in the strictest terms, there should also be a total absence of any salmonella or enterovirus.

As well as the qualifying status of a Bathing Water in accordance with the actual terms of the EC Directive as given here, and as well the UK government's own "version" of qualifying status, it must be noted that there is another set of findings and qualifying status which is employed by the Marine Conservation Society in their 'Good Beach Guide'.

The Marine Conservation Society pass a bathing water only if all twenty of the faecal and total coliform meet the mandatory value, but, rather surprisingly, they too ignore the status for both salmonella or enterovirus.

Scottish Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Southerness PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Sandyhills PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Rockcliffe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Brighouse Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Carrick PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Girvan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Turnberry PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Ayr (South) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Prestwick PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Troon (South) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Irvine PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Saltcoats PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Largs PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Millport PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Luss Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Ettrick Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Machrihanish Only 10 tests done so no compliance
Ganavan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Morar Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Dunnet Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Dornoch (Caravan Park) Only 5 tests done so no compliance
Dores, Loch Ness PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Nairn Central PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Nairn East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Cullen PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Inverboyndie PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Rosehearty PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Fraserburgh (Tigerhill) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Fraserburgh Philorth Only 10 tests done so no compliance
Peterhead Lido PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Cruden Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Balmedie (Pillbox) Only 5 tests done so no compliance
Aberdeen Ballroom PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Stonehaven Carron PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Montrose Only 5 tests done so no compliance
Arbroath (West Links) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Carnoustie PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Broughty Ferry PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
St.Andrews (W.Sands) Only 11 tests done so no compliance
St.Andrews (E.Sands) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Kingsbarns Only 6 tests done so no compliance
Crail (Roome Bay) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Elie (Ruby Bay & Harbour) Only 10 tests done so no compliance
Shell Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Kinghorn (Pettycur) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Burntisland PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Aberdour (Silver Sands) Only 10 tests done so no compliance
Portobello West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Portobello Central PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Seton Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Longniddry PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gullane Only 6 tests done so no compliance
Yellowcraigs PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
North Berwick West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
North Berwick (Milsey Bay) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dunbar (Bellhaven) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dunbar East Only 6 tests done so no compliance
Whitesands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Thorntonloch PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Pease Bay Only 5 tests done so no compliance
St.Abbs PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Coldingham Only 5 tests done so no compliance
Eyemouth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS

SEPA, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on their website www.sepa.org.uk/data/bathingwaters/interpretation.htm state:

"How Results are determined - Interpretation of Results and Requirements for Monitoring Programmes"
"The Annex to the EC Bathing Water Directive contains information on the requirements for monitoring programmes. It lists the 19 parameters and values which apply to identified bathing waters and states how results should be interpreted. These requirements have been implemented in Scotland by the Bathing Waters (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1991. The Directive contains information on two main types of values for water quality standards: mandatory standards which Member States must observe, and stricter guideline values which Member States should endeavour to observe."
"Mandatory Standards"
"Mandatory standards apply to 10 parameters: total coliforms, faecal coliforms, salmonella, enteroviruses, pH, colour, mineral oils, detergents, phenols and transparency. Compliance with the Directive's mandatory standards is based on the counts of total coliforms and faecal coliforms. 95% of samples must comply with the Directive's mandatory standards for both parameters for the site to achieve a pass at this level."

Relating the above statements to the actual sampling and findings shows the claims for mandatory compliance to be highly inaccurate.

For the year 2004 status, based on the 2003 bathing season findings by SEPA, Scotland's (then) 58 resorts showed two proven passes, three proven failures and 53 resorts of unknown mandatory conformity.

At the time (2004), a discrepancy was shown between the salmonella and enterovirus tests given on SEPA's web site and those provided by them directly by e-mail which stated that 5 resorts were tested for salmonella and 5 for enteroviruses, albeit only once or twice throughout the entire year. However that was an improvement on the previous year when not a single test for either pathogen was conducted throughout the entire year.

Sadly SEPA seem to have returned to this failure to fully monitor, as we now have 63 resorts, not one of which has been monitored for salmonella or enterovirus; indeed, 13 of these resorts failed to have the requisite 20 coliform tests throughout the year.

Thus now in 2007 not a single Scottish bathing water has been proved to pass the imperative mandatory standard that had to be met by 1985.

And of the 63 bathing waters listed, 22 were proven to have passed the guideline standard, 28 were proven failures, and the remaining 13 of unknown guideline conformity due to an insufficiency of tests throughout the bathing season.

Northumbrian Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Spittal PASS FAIL UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Bamburgh Castle PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seahouses PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
North Beadnell PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Low Newton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Warkworth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Amble Links PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Druridge Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Newbiggin North PASS FAIL UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Newbiggin South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Blyth South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaton Sluice PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Whitley Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Cullercoats PASS FAIL UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Tynemouth Long Sands North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Tynemouth Long Sands South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Tynemouth King Edward Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
South Shields PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Marsden PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Whitburn South/Roker PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaham Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaham Remand Home PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Crimdon PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaton Carew North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaton Carew Centre PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Redcar Coatham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Redcar Granville PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Redcar Lifeboat Station PASS FAIL UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Redcar Stray PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Marske Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Saltburn PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL

In 2005 the Environment Agency's tests at Northumbrian's 33 resorts showed not a single proven EC full mandatory standard pass, two proven failures and the remaining 31 of unknown status.

In 2006 (2007 status) we see 31 resorts, no passes, four faecal coliform failures and the remaining 27 resorts to be of unknown mandatory conformity. This is due to the failure of the Environmental Agency to test for the presence of all the required imperative parameters.

In 2005 there was just one test for salmonella, which passed, and only two for enteroviruses, both of which failed. In 2006 (2007 status) not a single test was made for either of these two pathogens.

Following our formal complaint to the EC, the UK government marginally improved the level of required testing. It instructed the Environment Agency that resorts failing either microbiological indicator test (Total coliforms and Faecal coliforms) during the previous year must be tested for both salmonella and enteroviruses in the following year. Even this half measure has been ignored.

Thus, the 2007 mandatory status of every resort has to be 'unknown' apart from the four proven failures, as no proven passes whatsoever resulted. The guideline compliance was passed at 26 places, an improvement on the previous year.

Yorkshire Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Staithes FAIL FAIL PASS PASS FAIL FAIL
Runswick Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sandsend PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Whitby PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Robin Hoods Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Scarborough North Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Scarborough South Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Cayton Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Filey PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Reighton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Flamborough N. Landing PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Flamborough S. Landing PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Danes Dyke, Flamborough PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bridlington N Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bridlington S Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Wilsthorpe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Fraisthorpe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Barmston PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Skipsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Hornsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Tunstall PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Withernsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS

Of Yorkshire's 23 resorts, the net result of the 2003 analyses that gave the status for 2004 showed that two resorts failed, none were seen to pass and that 21 of Yorkshire's bathing waters were of unknown mandatory conformity.

For this year we see only 21 resorts, and again no passes. Staithes is still failing, whilst the remainder are all of unknown conformity. Fifteen met the guideline compliance, some very narrowly, six failed. Earls Dyke, previously listed, had no tests performed whatsoever again this year, so it is still completely of unknown status.

Anglian Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Cleethorpes PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mablethorpe Town PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sutton-on-Sea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Moggs Eye PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Anderby PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Chapel St Leonard PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ingoldmells South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Skegness PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Heacham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Hunstanton Main Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Hunstanton Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Wells PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sheringham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Cromer PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mundesley PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sea Palling PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hemsby PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Caister Point PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gt Yarmouth North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gt Yarmouth Pier PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Gorleston Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Lowestoft North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Lowestoft South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southwold The Pier PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southwold The Denes PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Felixstowe North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Felixstowe South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dovercourt PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Walton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Frinton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Holland PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Clacton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Clacton (Groyne 41) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Jaywick PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Brightlingsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West Mersea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS

The tests carried out by the Environment Agency in 2003 (indicating the Anglian Region resorts 2004 status) evidenced that not a single one of the regions then 37 resorts was tested for all four of the mandatory microbiological parameters as required by the EC Directive. Thus we then had no resorts proved to fail, none proved to pass, and all unproven.

The following year (i.e. 2004, which indicates 2005 status) we have four resorts proven to pass, three to fail with the remainder of unknown status.

Now again for 2007 we see a total failure to investigate for either enteroviruses or salmonella at any of the current 36 bathing waters. Consequently, contrary to the claims made to the media of 'a full set of passes', in truth not a single Anglian Region resort is proven to comply.

Seven resorts failed the recommended Guideline standard, compared to the previous year when just five failed.

It is a great delight to see Cleethorpes and Gorleston-on-Sea now passing the guideline standard, as not many years ago swimming there was more akin to going through the motions.

Thames Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Shoebury East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Shoeburyness PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southend Thorpe Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southend Jubilee PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Southend 3 Shells PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southend Westcliff Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southend Chalkwell PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Leigh Bell Wharf PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL

At one time, the Thames Environmental Agency (previously the National Rivers Authority and prior to that Thames Water) was the only authority in the entirety of the United Kingdom to fully and properly investigate the bathing waters of their area for true Directive mandatory compliance, even identifying the specific enteroviruses present, e.g. polio.

Sadly, after 1995, they acquiesced to the direction made to the Environment Agency by the Department of the Environment to reduce its sampling frequency for salmonella and enteroviruses.

The result was that the 2004 samples (giving the 2005 status) showed just one proven pass, no failures and seven of unknown mandatory conformity.

The following year the Environmental Agency sampling programme performed no tests whatsoever for these pathogens. So we had no passes, no failures, and eight resorts of unknown conformity. However five of these bathing resorts passed the recommended guideline values, with one, Shoebury East, doing so excellently, and two other resorts only barely.

For 2007 we again see that no tests for salmonella or enteroviruses were conducted in 2006. So we have none of the eight bathing waters passing, none failing, but of course eight resorts of unknown conformity. All but two passed the Guideline requirements.

Southern Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Sheerness PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Leysdown PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
West Beach Whitstable PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Herne Bay Central PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Herne Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Westgate Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Margate The Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Margate Fulsam Rock PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Walpole Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Botany Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Joss Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Stone Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Broadstairs PASS PASS UNTESTED PASS UNKNOWN FAIL
Ramsgate Main Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Ramsgate PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sandwich Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Deal Castle PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
St Margarets Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Folkstone PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sandgate PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hythe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dymchurch PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
St Marys Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Littlestone PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Camber PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Winchelsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hastings PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
St Leonards PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Bexhill PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Norman's Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Pevensey Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Eastbourne PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Birling Gap PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaford PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Saltdean PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Brighton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southwick PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
South Lancing PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Worthing PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Littlehampton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Middleton-on-sea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Felpham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Bognor Regis East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bognor Regis PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Pagham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Selsey PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bracklesham Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West Wittering PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West of Eastoke PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West Beachlands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West Hayling PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Eastney PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Southsea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Calshot PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Lepe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Milford-on-sea PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Christchurch Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Highcliffe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Compton Bay IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Totland Bay IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Colwell Bay IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gurnard IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Cowes IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ryde IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seagrove IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
St Helens IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bembridge IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Whitecliff Bay IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sandown IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Shanklin IoW PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS

In the 1997 bathing season the Southern Environment Agency analysed every one of their then 75 resorts (albeit only twice in the entire year) for both salmonella and enteroviruses, so proving that 40 of their bathing waters then met the imperative mandatory EC standard, whilst 35 proved to fail. No bathing waters whatsoever remained of unknown conformity.

In 1998, undoubtedly to mask these failures, Southern EA promptly complied with the government's direction to reduce sampling for salmonella and enteroviruses, so only investigated for these pathogens at eight resorts of the Southern region's then 77 bathing waters, thus replacing what would have likely been many proven failures with an 'unknown' mandatory compliance.

The 2000 sampling, for the 2001 status, showed that only seven resorts were tested for salmonella and just six for enterovirus, so producing five resorts proven to pass, two failures and 72 resorts of unknown EC mandatory compliance from the then 79 bathing waters.

The 2001 sampling, for the 2002 status, showed only three resorts tested for salmonella and three for enteroviruses.

The 2002 analyses, for the 2003 status, showed only one test for salmonella and two for enteroviruses, both of which failed. Overall, the 2002 analyses showed two proven passes and two proven failures, with the other 75 of questionable status.

The 2003 sampling, for 2004 status, showed two failures, no passes whatsoever and 77 of unknown conformity, and there was just one properly tested resort, Worthing, which passed for salmonella but failed on enteroviruses. Thus we had one failure, no passes and all the others incompletely tested, hence of questionable conformity.

In the 2004 testing, for 2005 status, we saw 77 bathing waters listed, all with no tests whatsoever for either enteroviruses or for salmonella, so producing not a single mandatory pass, just one proven (coliform) failure and 76 of unknown mandatory conformity. Also fourteen resorts failed the guideline level, and forty-one only just made this grade. Just nine of them showed an excellent pass.

Now in the 2006 sampling, for 2007 status, not a single test was made for either salmonella or enteroviruses, so giving all of the region's 71 resorts unknown compliance, although all were claimed by the government to be of mandatory conformity. The 2006 sampling also showed that under the guideline standard conformities were 50, with 21 resorts failing. This was a slight degradation on the performance of previous years.

South-West (Wessex) Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Christchurch Highcliffe Castle PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Christchurch Friars Cliff PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Christchurch Avon Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Christchurch Mudeford Sandbank E PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bournemouth Hengistbury W PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bournemouth Southbourne PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bournemouth Fishermans Walk PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bournemouth Boscombe Pier PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Bournemouth Pier PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Bournemouth Durley Chine PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bournemouth Alun Chine PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Branksome Chine PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Poole Shore Road Sandbanks PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Poole Sandbanks Carpark PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Poole Harbour Lake PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Poole Harbour Rockley Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Shell Bay North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Studland Knoll House PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Swanage Central PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Kimmeridge Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Lulworth Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Durdle Door East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Durdle Door West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bowleaze Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Weymouth Lodmoor PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Weymouth Central PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Portland Harbour Castle Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Church Ope Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hive PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
West Bay (West) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Eypemouth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seatown PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Charmouth West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porlock Weir PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Minehead Terminus PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dunster North West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Blue Anchor West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Burnham Jetty PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Berrow North of Unity Farm PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Brean PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Weston s Mare Uphill Slipway PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Weston Main PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Weston s Mare Sand Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Clevedon Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL

The pathetic record of failing to test for all four required mandatory microbiological parameters resulted in unknown conformity for 42 of the 47 Wessex resorts for 2001.

It was similar the next year when the Wessex region showed just one proven pass, four proven failures and 42 bathing waters with a big question mark hanging over them.

The following year saw 45 of undetermined compliance, two proven failures and not one pass.

For 2004 we saw just one proven failure at Blue Anchor West and again not one proven pass! Not a single one of the region's bathing waters was tested for either enteroviruses or salmonella.

For 2005 there were no mandatory passes, no failures, with every resort of unknown compliance! However there were 39 passes against the recommended guideline value, twelve of these excellent, fourteen very narrowly so, two unknown and seven failing.

For 2007 we again see that there have been no tests whatsoever made for either enteroviruses or salmonella on any one of the 45 bathing waters now listed, showing not a single mandatory compliance.

Thirty-five passed the Guideline standard, with ten failures, this a slight degradation on earlier years.

South West Region Bathing Water Resorts Guide For 2007

Beach Resort Total Coliforms Faecal Coliforms Salmonella Enterovirus Mandatory Status Guideline Conformity
Lyme Regis Church Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Lyme Regis Cobb PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Seaton (Devon) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Beer PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sidmouth Town PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ladram Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Budleigh Salterton PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sandy Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Exmouth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dawlish Warren PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dawlish Town PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Dawlish Coryton Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Teignmouth Holcombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Teignmouth Town PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Shaldon PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ness Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Maidencombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Watcombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Oddicombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Babbacombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Meadfoot PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Beacon Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Torre Abbey PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Hollicombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Paignton Preston Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Paignton Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Goodrington PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Broadsands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Shoalstone PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
St Mary's Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Dartmouth Castle & Sugary Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Blackpool Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Slapton Sands Monument PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Slapton Sands Torcross PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mill Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Salcombe N Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Salcombe S Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hope Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Thurlestone South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Thurlestone North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bantham PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bigbury on-Sea South PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bigbury-on Sea North PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Challaborough PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Wembury PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bovisand PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Plymouth Hoe East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Plymouth Hoe West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Kingsand PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Cawsand PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Portwrinkle PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Downderry PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Seaton (Cornwall) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Millendreath PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
East Looe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Readymoney PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Polkerris PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Par PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Crinnis Golf Links PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Crinnis Leisure Centre PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Charlestown PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Duporth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthpean PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Pentewan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Polstreath PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Port Mellon PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gorran Haven Little Perhaver PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Gorran Haven (Vault) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthluney PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Porthallow PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthoustock PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Coverack PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Pollurian Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Poldhu Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Church Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthleven West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Praa Sands East PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Praa Sands West PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Perran Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mounts Bay Little Holgus PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mounts Bay Heliport PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mounts Bay Penzance PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mounts Bay Wherry Town PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Porthcurno PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Sennen PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthmeor PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porth Gwidden PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Carbis Bay Station Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Carbis Bay Kidney Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
The Towans (Hayle) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Portreath PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthtowan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Trevaunance Cove PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Perranporth Penhale Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Perranporth Village End PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Holywell Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Crantock PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Fistral PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Towan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Great Western PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Tolcarne PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Lusty Glaze PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Watergate PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mawgan Porth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Porthcothan PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Treyarnon Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Constantine Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Mother Iveys Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Harlyn Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Trevone Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Rock PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Daymer Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Polzeath PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Trebarwith Strand PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Crackington Haven PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Widemouth Sand PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bude Summerleaze PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bude Crooklets PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Bude Sandy Mouth PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Hartland Quay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Westward Ho PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Instow PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Saunton Sands PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Croyde Bay PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Woolacombe Putsborough PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Woolacombe Village PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Barricane Bay, Woolacombe PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN PASS
Ilfracombe Capstone (Wildersmouth) PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Ilfracombe Hele PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED UNKNOWN FAIL
Combe Martin PASS PASS UNTESTED UNTESTED