Tourists have slammed a beach as the "worst place on Earth" after finding it full of raw sewage, drug addicts and rubbish, including condoms and alcohol cans.
Jubilee Beach, in Southend-on-Sea in Essex is part of one of Britain's most popular seaside resorts but visitors are now telling people to "stay away".
Heavy rain has led to sewage being pumped into the sea and washing up on the sand.
A total of 83 UK beaches have received a Surfers Against Sewage warning.
Holidaymakers have taken to TripAdvisor to warn others about their experiences.
One said: "The worst place on Earth. Avoid the beach, avoid the city, avoid the people.
"More drug dealers, drug takers and tramps than anyone else – an absolutely abysmal place."
Another said: "Awful area. Everyone was basically just doing what they wanted on the beach - smoking weed, allowing aggressive dogs off lead.
"Everywhere you walk is just rubbish that people cannot be bothered to pick up.
"I’m not talking about the odd lolly stick or cup, there were cups, cans of alcohol, plastic Tesco bags, lighters, left tents, condoms, bottle caps, and God knows anything else that’s been covered by the sand.
"I wouldn’t recommend this beach for anyone to be honest but especially for people travelling with young children.
"I travelled with a young family member and kept having to watch her to make sure she didn’t pick up anything from the SAND where she was trying to play."
A third said: "All you can smell is weed everywhere, it's full of 16-year-olds blasting music and parents dirty-dancing on each other.
"There's litter everywhere and I was followed around by a creepy guy when it was just me and my three-year-old daughter."
However, others defended the beach, with one calling it "clean and tidy".
They added: "Amazing sunrises and sunsets. Beautiful views and ambience. Safe and sandy."
Other popular tourist destinations affected by the warnings include Brighton, Scarborough, Blackpool and Whitstable.
In just one year, England and Wales’ waterways had sewage pumped into them for at least 3.4million hours, according to recent figures analysed by Top of the Poops.
The River Severn was the most polluted river, and had seen 28,741 hours of sewage pumped into it on 2,656 occasions by Severn Trent Water.
