Swimmable

England · Environment Agency

Clevedon Beach

Avoid swimming

Wessex Water reports CLEVEDON THE BEACH is currently discharging and the operator's own published linkage names this bathing water as affected.

High confidence — the operator itself reports an active discharge affecting this water.

Status computed 27 Aug 2026, 05:13 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.

What we know

Regulator classification
Good

Last sampled 14 August 2026 · 5 weeks ago. Source: Environment Agency.

Pollution risk forecast
Normal

Forecast expired 27 Aug 2026, 08:29 UTC. Source: Environment Agency.

Active discharges
2 within 5km right now

CLEVEDON THE BEACH (Wessex Water) — started 27 Aug 2026, 04:08 UTC.

Recent discharges (last 48 hours)
2 within 5km

Most recent at CLEVEDON THE BEACH (Wessex Water) — ended 27 Aug 2026, 04:25 UTC.

Upstream river network
Downstream of a Wessex Water discharge in the last 48 hours

Sewage-map data as of 27 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC — discharges traced through the river network.

Operator-published linkage
Wessex Water names this bathing water as affected by CLEVEDON THE BEACH — discharging right now

The operator’s own published hydrological assessment — a stronger attribution than distance alone.

Surrounding overflow coverage
Within an ingested water company network
Monitoring season
Currently in regulator monitoring season

What this verdict means

Avoid swimming is driven by the strongest negative signals this map tracks: an active sewage discharge affecting this water, or a regulator classification of Poor or a closure. After a discharge ends, waiting at least 48 hours before swimming is the standard advice.

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.