Seaburn - Sunderland

16.1°C Water temp · Sep 17

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good 16.1°C

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Satellite view of Seaburn - Sunderland — Satellite © Esri

Seaburn Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach measuring approximately 1.5 kilometres in length to the north of Sunderland. The beach is backed by a promenade for most of its length.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, Sunderland District

Season

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

Water Quality

Good (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There are three high level combined sewer overflows (CSO) to the beach. These are designed only to operate with a storm intensity of 1 in 5 year return or greater. This scheme was designed to improve water quality.
In 2017 and 2018, Northumbrian Water carried out works to remove surface water flows from the combined sewer to help reduce the occurrence of spills and minimise pollution entering the bathing water.