Great Yarmouth Pier

17.2°C Water temp · Jun 18

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 17.2°C

Great Yarmouth Pier — Open Government Licence v3

Satellite view of Great Yarmouth Pier — Satellite © Esri

Great Yarmouth is a large, busy and popular resort on the east coast of Norfolk. Yarmouth Pier beach is a wide sandy beach between the two piers. The beach is backed by a promenade with amusements and has the town behind.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth District

Season

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

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

The Great Yarmouth sewerage improvement scheme was started in August 1996 and further upgrades were completed in 2007. There are numerous storm and emergency outfalls that discharge to the River Yare. Prior to the 2007 improvements, which included significant additional storage, these outfalls were known to affect bathing water quality. Water quality in subsequent years has benefited from this investment. 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/