People have been warned to stay away from 83 beaches across the UK as sewage has leaked into the water. The swimming charity Surfers Against Sewage has released new pollution alerts after heavy rainfall hit the UK.
The rainfall caused waste water to be discharged into the sea. A pollution alert has even been put out for Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, which was last month named as the best beach in the country by Tripadvisor, reports the Mirror.
A warning from the charity said: "A large, 3km stretch of sand backed by a promenade, gardens and the town with timber groynes found along its length. Gorleston-on-Sea became popular in Edwardian times and is still a busy seaside resort.
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"A number of sewer overflows discharge into the River Yare that flows to the sea at the northern end of the beach." According to recent figures analysed by Top of the Poops, in just one year, England and Wales’ waterways had sewage pumped into them for at least 3.4million hours.
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. The Mirror has approached the Environment Agency for a comment on the latest sewage leaks.
Beaches currently under sewage pollution alert
- Dhoon Bay
- Spittal
- Warkworth
- Amble Links
- Druridge Bay North
- Druridge Bay South
- Blyth South Beach
- Tynemouth Cullercoats
- Seaham Hall Beach
- Seaham Beach
- Seaton Carew North
- Redcar Coatham
- Redcar Granville
- Redcar Stray
- Marske Sands
- Saltburn
- Whitby
- Scarborough North Bay
- Scarborough South Bay
- Bridlington South Beach
- Heacham
- Gorleston Beach
- Southend Three Shells
- Southend Jubilee Beach
- Sheerness Canterbury
- Minster Leas
- Leysdown
- West Beach, Whitstable
- Tankerton
- Herne Bay Central
- Herne Bay
- Sandgate
- Hythe
- St Marys Bay (Kent)
- St Leonards
- Bexhill
- Normans Bay
- Pevensey Bay
- Seaford
- Saltdean
- Brighton Kemptown
- Brighton Central - Brighton
- Hove Lawn
- Littlehampton
- Bognor Regis East
- Bognor Regis (Aldwick)
- Pagham
- Langstone Harbour
- Eastney
- Southsea East
- Stokes Bay
- Ryde
- Seagrove
- St Helens
- Bembridge
- Whitecliff Bay
- Yaverland
- Sandown
- Shanklin
- Lee-on-Solent
- Hillhead
- Cowes
- Gurnard
- Colwell Bay
- Totland Bay
- Pentewan
- Dunster North West
- Weston Main
- Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
- Wharfe at Cromwheel - Ilkley Bathing Water
- Southport
- St Annes
- St Annes North
- Blackpool South
- Blackpool Central
- Blackpool North
- Bispham
- Cleveleys
- Fleetwood
- Morecambe North
- Walney Biggar Bank
- Walney Sandy Gap
- Walney West Shore
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