England · Wirral
Moreton
Caution. Sewage discharge 2.8km away 2 days 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
- Bathing season
- Closed until 15 May (neutral factor)
- Discharge nearby
- 2.8km 2 days ago (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Good (positive factor)
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal (positive factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 0mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 82 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
- Latest intestinal enterococci
- 10 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Out of season
Weekly sampling and the daily pollution-risk forecast pause on 30 September and resume on 15 May. This verdict rests on the annual classification, live storm-overflow data and rainfall in the last 24 hours.
Storm overflows are driven by rain, so they spill more in autumn and winter than in summer. See every spill happening now across the UK.
Water temperature
16.4°C Cool
Sea surface, modelled by Open-Meteo.
Tide
Tide is falling
- Low water Today
- High water Today
- Low water Today
- High water Tomorrow
Modelled by Open-Meteo and approximate. Checked against tide gauges these times ran up to half an hour early, so treat them as a guide to whether the water is coming in or going out, not as a tide table. For exact times see Admiralty EasyTide.
Recent sewage discharges nearby
Storm overflows operated by United Utilities within ten kilometres in the last 48 hours.
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01625 · into The Fender, via a surface water sewer2.8km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01717 · into Bidston Stream, a trib of the River Birket3.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00903 · into Unnamed trib of Carr Drain a trib of the River Birket4.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00135 · into Arrowe Brook a trib of the River Birket4.9km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP02114 · into Greasby Brook, a tributary of Arrowe Brook, a tributary of the River Birket5.0km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01408 · into Liverpool Bay5.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP02010 · into River Mersey Estuary7.0km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01161 · into Mersey Estuary7.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00243 · into Mersey Estuary7.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01428 · into Mersey Estuary8.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01469 · into Mersey Estuary8.6km from the bathing water
See United Utilities's own storm-overflow map(opens in a new tab) →
Latest bacteria reading
Latest sample · 24 September 2026 · 7 days ago
- E. coli
- 82cfu/100ml
- Intestinal enterococci
- 10cfu/100ml
This is the most recent reading. Sampling resumes on 15 May. E. coli and intestinal enterococci are the indicator organisms used in the official classification.
Classification record, 2015 to 2025
Rated Excellent in 2015 and Good in 2025.
The regulator republishes this every November as a percentile over readings from up to four bathing seasons, so it describes the water's record rather than today. No classification was made for 2020, when the pandemic cut the bathing season short.
Sewage spills, 2021 to 2025
The Environment Agency links 16 storm overflows to Moreton. In 2025 they discharged 464 times.
Up 52% since 2021, from 306 spills to 464.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 1,665 spills across 73 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Moreton?
- Caution. Sewage discharge 2.8km away 2 days ago. Moreton 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 Moreton?
- Moreton is rated Good in the regulator's 2025 annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. That is down from Excellent the season before. The most recent sample, taken 24 September 2026, showed 82 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 10 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at Moreton recently?
- Yes. 11 storm overflows within ten kilometres of Moreton: 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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