Worst beaches for sewage in Thanet
12 bathing waters ranked by the storm-overflow spills the Environment Agency links to them in 2025. The other 1 in Thanet have no comparable 2025 record, which is not the same as a clean one.
Spills in 2025
- 1 Broadstairs, Stone Bay 15 from 5 overflows -21% since 2021
- 2 Ramsgate Western Undercliffe 10 from 4 overflows +233% since 2021
- 3 Botany Bay, Broadstairs 9 from 4 overflows -47% since 2021
- 4 Broadstairs, Viking Bay 9 from 3 overflows +13% since 2021
- 5 Joss Bay, Broadstairs 9 from 4 overflows -47% since 2021
- 6 Ramsgate Sands 9 from 3 overflows +350% since 2021
- 7 Margate Fulsam Rock 8 from 5 overflows -33% since 2021
- 8 Margate The Bay 8 from 5 overflows -33% since 2021
- 9 Walpole Bay, Margate 8 from 5 overflows -33% since 2021
- 10 St Mildred's Bay, Westgate 2 from 3 overflows +100% since 2021
- 11 West Bay, Westgate 2 from 3 overflows +100% since 2021
- 12 Westbrook Bay, Margate 2 from 3 overflows +100% since 2021
How this is counted
Each figure counts spills from the storm overflows the Environment Agency links to that bathing water in its annual Event Duration Monitoring return, so it follows the sewer network rather than a map radius. Spills only: the return's duration column is not reliable enough to publish.
See the cleanest beaches in Thanet or every spill happening now.