England · Wirral
New Brighton Beach East
Caution. Sewage discharge 2.7km 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
- 2.7km 2 days ago (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Unknown (neutral factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 0mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 36 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
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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 agoUUP01161 · into Mersey Estuary2.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01717 · into Bidston Stream, a trib of the River Birket3.0km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP02010 · into River Mersey Estuary4.0km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01428 · into Mersey Estuary4.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01469 · into Mersey Estuary4.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00243 · into Mersey Estuary5.1km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01625 · into The Fender, via a surface water sewer5.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01480 · into Mersey Estuary6.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01811 · into Mersey Estuary7.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01827 · into River Alt (tidal)7.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01918 · into The Mersey Estuary8.5km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00135 · into Arrowe Brook a trib of the River Birket8.7km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00335 · into Mersey Estuary9.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP00336 · into Mersey Estuary9.4km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP01408 · into Liverpool Bay9.6km from the bathing water
- Ended 2 days agoUUP02114 · into Greasby Brook, a tributary of Arrowe Brook, a tributary of the River Birket9.7km 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
- 36cfu/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.
Sewage spills, 2021 to 2023
The Environment Agency links 34 storm overflows to New Brighton Beach East. In 2023 they discharged 1,485 times.
Up 21% since 2021, from 1,227 spills to 1,485.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 2,258 spills across 83 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at New Brighton Beach East?
- Caution. Sewage discharge 2.7km away 2 days ago. New Brighton Beach East 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 New Brighton Beach East?
- We hold no annual classification for New Brighton Beach East. The most recent sample, taken 24 September 2026, showed 36 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 10 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at New Brighton Beach East recently?
- Yes. 16 storm overflows within ten kilometres of New Brighton Beach East: 16 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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