Brightlingsea

14.4°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 14.4°C

Brightlingsea is an ancient maritime town (Cinque Port). The beach is restricted and consists of gravel, sand and mud. The beach is backed by a promenade and colourful beach huts. There is little beach at high tide.

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Location

Tendring, Essex, Tendring District

Season

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

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

Improvements have been carried out to storm, emergency and surface water outfalls The sewerage system has been upgraded to eliminate seven combined storm overflows, improve others and construct a new one. This was completed in 1997. The town's main sewage pumping station has a storm and emergency outfall into the borrow dyke and could be a source of reduced water quality 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/