Bridlington North Beach

11.8°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good 11.8°C

Bridlington North Beach is a large resort beach on the East Yorkshire coast. The beach is approximately 1.5 kilometres in length with a gentle slope and at low tide a large area of the beach is exposed. The beach is backed by tourist establishments on the seafront and the town of Bridlington. It lies to the north of Bridlington Harbour, a commercial shellfish harbour into which The Gypsey Race, a chalk stream, drains after passing through the centre of Bridlington.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

East Riding of Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorks

Season

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

Water Quality

Good (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

Bathing water quality may sometimes be affected by storm, emergency and surface water outfalls. Storm overflows may operate during and following periods of heavy rainfall when the sewer system becomes overwhelmed by the amount of surface water entering it. The overflows prevent sewage from backing up pipes and flooding properties.

As part of a major investment in their infrastructure at Bridlington, Yorkshire Water designed a new scheme to reduce the amount of storm effluent being discharged into the bathing water and the North Sea. The work was completed in December 2014 and included the installation of a new long-sea outfall in the South Bay which intercepts storm effluents that had previously discharged into the Gypsey Race.

There are two storm overflows in the North Bay to the north of the bathing water monitoring point. When these outfalls are operating during heavy rain they discharge diluted and screened effluent into the North Sea. While the operation of these outfalls can still result in a decline in the bathing water quality, the impacts are likely to be much less compared to previous years.

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/