England · Cumberland
Allonby
No. Sewage discharged 3.0km away 7 hours ago.
Water quality only This says nothing about tides, rip currents, cold water shock or lifeguard cover. Cold water and currents are dangerous even when the water is clean. Read the local signs before you go in. What we cannot tell you.
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Why this verdict
- Recent sewage discharge
- 3.0km away, 7 hours ago (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Good (positive factor)
- Pollution risk forecast
- Increased (negative factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 7mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 130 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
- Latest intestinal enterococci
- 64 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Recent sewage discharges nearby
Storm overflows operated by United Utilities Water Limited within ten kilometres in the last 48 hours.
- Ended 7 hours agoUUP00927 · into Patten Beck3.0km from the bathing water
- Ended 6 hours agoUUP01588 · into Salterwath Beck4.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 16 hours agoUUP00788 · into Bullclose Beck5.2km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP02198 · into River Ellen5.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 8 hours agoUUP00627 · into River Ellen5.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 5 hours agoUUP00151 · into The River Ellen5.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 8 hours agoUUP01555 · into River Ellen6.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 6 hours agoUUP00697 · into River Ellen7.3km from the bathing water
- Ended 9 hours agoUUP00310 · into Brides Beck9.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00517 · into Dovenby Beck9.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00651 · into Dovenby Beck9.6km from the bathing water
Latest bacteria reading
Latest sample · 26 August 2026 · 6 days ago
- E. coli
- 130cfu/100ml
- Intestinal enterococci
- 64cfu/100ml
The regulator samples weekly during the bathing season. E. coli and intestinal enterococci are the indicator organisms used in the official classification.
Sewage spills, 2021 to 2025
The Environment Agency links 14 storm overflows to Allonby. In 2025 they discharged 863 times.
Up 11% since 2021, from 777 spills to 863.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 1,632 spills across 26 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Allonby?
- No. Sewage discharged 3.0km away 7 hours ago. Allonby is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.
- What is the water quality like at Allonby?
- Allonby is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 26 August 2026, showed 130 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 64 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at Allonby recently?
- Yes. 11 storm overflows within ten kilometres of Allonby: 11 in the last 48 hours.
Where this data comes from
- Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and database right
- Contains water-company storm overflow data, licensed under OGL v3
- Spill counts from the Environment Agency EDM Storm Overflow Annual Returns, 2021 to 2025, published annually.
- View the regulator's full profile
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