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Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway

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.

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Why this verdict

Annual classification
Poor (negative factor)
Pollution risk forecast
Increased (negative factor)
Rainfall (24h)
1mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli
680 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci
690 cfu/100ml (negative factor)

Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 14 August 2026 · 3 weeks ago

E. coli
680cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci
690cfu/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, 2022 to 2025

The Environment Agency links 4 storm overflows to Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway. In 2025 they discharged 17 times.

Counted spills a year at the overflows feeding this bathing water.

Up 113% since 2022, from 8 spills to 17.

Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 157 spills across 12 overflows in 2025.

Common questions

Can you swim at Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway?
No. Annual classification is Poor and bathing is advised against. Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway 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 Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway?
Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway 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 14 August 2026, showed 680 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 690 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway recently?
No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway has discharged in the last 48 hours.

Where this data comes from

  • Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and database right
  • 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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