England · Environment Agency
Bantham
Safe to swim
High confidence — a recent regulator sample combines with live discharge data for the surrounding area.
Status computed 20 Aug 2026, 01:28 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.
What we know
- Regulator classification
- Excellent
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal
- Active discharges
- None within 5km
- Recent discharges (last 48 hours)
- None within 5km
- Upstream river network
- None reported affecting this spot’s river reaches
- Surrounding overflow coverage
- Within an ingested water company network
- Monitoring season
- Currently in regulator monitoring season
Last sampled 12 August 2026 · 6 weeks ago. Source: Environment Agency.
Forecast expired 20 Aug 2026, 08:29 UTC. Source: Environment Agency.
Discharges traced through the river network by sewage-map.
What this verdict means
Safe to swim is the strongest verdict this map gives: a favourable regulator classification, a recent sample, and no discharge signal arguing against it. It is still a snapshot, not a guarantee — water quality changes faster than monitoring does, especially after heavy rain.
Every verdict here is computed from regulator classifications, sample dates, pollution-risk forecasts, and water-company discharge reports — it is not a water test. Absence of a negative signal is not positive confirmation of safety, and conditions on the day (rainfall, currents, cold) matter as much as water quality. Read how statuses are decided.