River Teme In Ludlow

United Kingdom Coastal 4 - Poor

The River Teme flows south through Ludlow towards its confluence with the River Severn. The bathing river area stretches from the Linney boating pontoon just over 200m downstream to the Ludlow Mill beach, just upstream of Dinham bridge. This stretch of river crosses the Ludford Mill Wier. Access to the swimming area is via the Ludlow Mill beach.

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Water

Inland bathing water

Location

Shropshire

Season

Designated bathing water since 2024. Official monitoring season runs from May to September.

Water Quality

Poor (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There are a number of permitted storm overflows that discharge into the River Teme upstream of Ludlow. In the 1km section upstream of the designated bathing water, there is one Combined Sewer Overflow (Ludlow – the Linny CSO) and a Sewage Pumping Station (Fishmore View PS/EO). When these outfalls are operating, they discharge diluted effluent into the river which may result in reduced bathing water quality.

Localised rainfall can lead to the operation of storm overflows in and upstream of Ludlow; these are short term issues and although they may have a significant impact on bathing water quality when they are operating, once they stop discharging the pollution soon passes. However, EA investigations have shown that the bacteria levels in the river can remain high for up to 120 hours after rainfall which suggests that bathing water quality is potentially influenced by the whole of the River Teme catchment upstream.