Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway

United Kingdom Coastal 4 - Poor

Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sandy beach resort approximately 1.2 kilometres wide, next to the mouth of the River Axe. The Bristol Channel has a large tidal range and at low water mud can become exposed.

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Location

North Somerset

Season

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

Water Quality

Poor (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There is an emergency/storm overflow from Weston-super-Mare STW pumping station, that discharges to the sea at Black Rock 540m from the Environment Agency monitoring point. The operation of the overflow can lead to a drop in water quality in the sea around Weston-super-Mare. The increased storm water storage capacity at the sewage works, completed in April 2013, should reduce the number of times this overflow spills in the bathing season. 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/