England · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Hunstanton Main Beach
Caution. Sewage discharge 2.7km away 16 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
- Discharge nearby
- 2.7km 16 hours ago (negative factor)
- Latest intestinal enterococci
- 310 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Good (positive factor)
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal (positive factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 0mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 130 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Recent sewage discharges nearby
Storm overflows operated by Anglian Water Services Limited within ten kilometres in the last 48 hours.
- Ended 16 hours agoAWS00629 · into A TRIBUTARY OF THE RIVER HUN2.7km from the bathing water
Latest bacteria reading
Latest sample · 20 August 2026 · 12 days ago
- E. coli
- 130cfu/100ml
- Intestinal enterococci
- 310cfu/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 1 storm overflow to Hunstanton Main Beach. In 2025 it discharged 1 time.
Down 97% since 2021, from 35 spills to 1.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 17 spills across 5 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Hunstanton Main Beach?
- Caution. Sewage discharge 2.7km away 16 hours ago. Hunstanton Main Beach 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 Hunstanton Main Beach?
- Hunstanton Main Beach 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 20 August 2026, showed 130 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 310 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at Hunstanton Main Beach recently?
- Yes. 1 storm overflow within ten kilometres of Hunstanton Main Beach: 1 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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