Bamburgh Castle

15.1°C Water temp · Sep 17

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 15.1°C

Satellite view of Bamburgh Castle — Satellite © Esri

Bamburgh Castle Beach is a long remote, sandy beach situated on the north Northumberland coast. The beach is 2.5 kilometres long and slopes gently, resulting in a long distance to the sea at low tide. The Mill Burn crosses the beach to the north of the Environment Agency's designated sampling point.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Northumberland

Season

Designated bathing water since 1988. Official monitoring season runs from May to September.

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There are no outfalls discharging directly onto the bathing beach. Within the catchment of Bamburgh bathing water there are two storm and one emergency outfalls that discharge to the Mill Burn. These protect domestic properties and the pumping station in Bamburgh from being flooded by sewage during heavy rainfall. This bathing water is included in the Surfers Against Sewage “Safer Seas Service”. This service can alert you to Combined Storm Sewer Overflow discharges via a phone App and in addition, it includes the Environment Agency Pollution Risk Forecast warnings where they are available. Further details of the service can be found at - http://www.sas.org.uk/safer-seas-service/