A water quality at a popular River Thames swimming area for families has been rated "poor". Wallingford Beach in Oxfordshire, which is popular with families, was made a designated bathing water site in May. The status means the Environment Agency (EA) has been monitoring the beauty spot's water quality to protect people's health.

Two of five newly designated official swimming spots in Devon failed to meet water quality standards, figures have revealed. Steamer Quay on the River Dart and Coastguards Beach on the River Erme were graded poor for water quality in 2024.

River Avon at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, a new designation site was rated poor in an investigation led by the environment agency.

Swimming spots in the South East are among those which have received a poor water quality rating. Of 37 sites across England which failed to meet water quality standards, five were found in Kent and West Sussex,

Five wild swimming spots in Yorkshire have been rated "poor" after failing to meet water quality standards. While it was already known that three of the popular bathing sites were already failing to meet standards,

The well-known places in Kent failed to meet the minimum standards for water quality set by the Environment Agency, which has released its findings. The testing was carried out by