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25 beaches in Dorset are currently sampled for bathing water quality during the summer months (15 May to 30 September) by the Environment Agency.
Throughout the summer the Environment Agency tests the quality of seawater at beaches along the Jurassic Coast, and East coast of Dorset. Currently the tested beaches are:
- Charmouth West, West Dorset
- Eypemouth, West Dorset
- Lyme Regis Front beach, West Dorset
- Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach, West Dorset
- Portland (Church Ope Cove)
- Portland Harbour (Castle Cove)
- Portland Harbour (Sandsfoot Castle)
- Purbeck (Durdle Door East)
- Purbeck (Durdle Door West)
- Purbeck (Kimmeridge Bay)
- Purbeck (Lulworth Cove)
- Purbeck (Studland (Shell Bay North)
- Purbeck (Studland Knowle House)
- Purbeck (Swanage)
- Ringstead Bay, West Dorset
- Seatown, West Dorset
- West Bay, West Dorset
- Weymouth (Bowleaze Cove)
- Weymouth (Central)
- Weymouth (Lodmoor)
We make the information available to the public by displaying it on notice boards. These notices indicate the bathing water quality (excellent, good, sufficient, or poor) at that particular beach.
Further information on accessibility and facilities at each beach can be found here. To check beaches in Bournemouth and Poole please see the Environment Agency website.