Filey

10.6°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good 10.6°C

Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the north Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metres in length with a gentle slope. At low tide a large area of the beach is exposed and the water's edge can be some distance away. The beach is backed by the town of Filey and to the north lies the rocky peninsula of Filey Brigg.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

North Yorkshire

Season

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

Water Quality

Good (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

The quality of the bathing water may sometimes be affected by storm, emergency and surface water outfalls. Storm overflows may operate during and after heavy rainfall. This is when the sewer system can become overwhelmed by the amount of surface water entering it. The overflows prevent sewage from backing up pipes and flooding properties.

There is one storm overflow that discharges effluent into the bathing water near Church Ravine Beck . When this overflow operates it will discharge diluted and screened effluent into the North Sea and may result in reduced 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/