Can you swim at River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford?

No. Annual classification is Poor and bathing is advised against. River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford 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 River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford?

River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford is rated Poor in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 21 August 2026, showed 1900 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 890 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford recently?

Yes. 2 storm overflows within ten kilometres of River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford: 2 in the last 48 hours.

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River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford

No. Annual classification is Poor and bathing is advised against.

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.

Checked 03:27 UK time

Why this verdict

Annual classification: Poor (negative factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 0mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 1900 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci: 890 cfu/100ml (negative factor)

Recent sewage discharges nearby

Storm overflows operated by Wessex Water Services Limited within ten kilometres in the last 48 hours.

Ended 2 days ago

WXW00367 · into FAIRBOURNE STREAM (S)

8.3km from the bathing water
Ended 2 days ago

WXW01245 · into RIVER FROME VIA SWS

9.6km from the bathing water

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Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 21 August 2026 · 11 days ago

E. coli: 1900cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 890cfu/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, 2025

The Environment Agency links 1 storm overflow to River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford. In 2025 it discharged 39 times.

Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 2,111 spills across 131 overflows in 2025.

Common questions

Can you swim at River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford?: No. Annual classification is Poor and bathing is advised against. River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford 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 River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford?: River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford is rated Poor in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 21 August 2026, showed 1900 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 890 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford recently?: Yes. 2 storm overflows within ten kilometres of River Frome at Farleigh Hungerford: 2 in the last 48 hours.

Where this data comes from

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.
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