Runswick Bay

10.1°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good 10.1°C

Runswick Bay Beach is a rural beach situated on the north Yorkshire coast. It lies within a sheltered sandy bay. The small village of Runswick Bay sits above the beach at the northern end of the bay and steep clay cliffs run to the south. At low tide, a large area of the beach is exposed, and the water's edge can be some distance away

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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 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 are no outfalls discharging directly onto the bathing water area. However, there are two storm overflows near the bathing water area. One discharges through a sea outfall at the northern end of the bay, whilst the second overflow discharges directly to Runswick Beck at northern end of the village. They are designed to discharge diluted and screened effluent during or after heavy rainfall. The operation of the outfalls may sometimes 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/