Blue Anchor West

United Kingdom Coastal 4 - Poor

Blue Anchor is on the coast of Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel. The beach is shingle and sand, and the water has a naturally cloudy colour. The beach has a shallow slope and a very large tidal range so that it can be up to half a kilometre to the sea at low tide. The Pill River enters the sea to the East of the Environment Agency monitoring point. The Carhampton Stream also drains to the beach to the West of the Environment Agency monitoring point.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Somerset

Season

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

Water Quality

Poor (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There is an emergency/storm overflow from the Blue Anchor pumping station that discharges into the Pill River at the bathing water. The operation of the overflow can lead to a drop in bathing water quality. 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/