Moreton

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good

The beach is at the top of the Wirral peninsula facing north westerly into Liverpool Bay. It has a gently sloping gradient of golden sand. On an average high tide the sea covers the beach up to the sea wall. A swathe of concrete Z-shaped buffers runs along a section of the lower sea wall.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Wirral, Merseyside, Wirral District

Season

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

Water Quality

Good (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

The New Brighton Pumping Station located six kilometres to the north east of Moreton bathing water was upgraded by United Utilities in 2008 to reduce the number of discharges made during the summer. The improvements, which were designed to protect bathing water quality at Wallasey bathing water, will also have protected the quality at Moreton bathing water.
Under the programme of work for United Utilities (from 2015 to 2020) all storm overflows close to bathing waters have had equipment installed to monitor spills to the environment. This will help to identify where bathing water improvements may be needed in the future. 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/