Beaches in Britain, and Dorset, Water Quality Standards

BBC News on beaches good and bad for water quality

Dorset Echo on the poor ratings of a number of Dorset beaches

Good Beach Guide 2013

Full Results

The impact of torrential rain

It's really disappointing to read that Kimmeridge Bay failed the tests, that the following only met mandatory minimum standards: Lulworth Cove, Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach, Bowleaze Cove and Portland beaches, and that the following lost their recommended status: The Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock, West Bay West beach, Eype's Mouth and Seatown.

Where is there left to go swimming?

In the words of Philip Larkin, Going Going:

Things are tougher than we are, just
As earth will always respond
However we mess it about;
Chuck filth in the sea, if you must:
The tides will be clean beyond.
- But what do I feel now? Doubt?