Bathing Waters Monitoring Locations
Summary
The Environment Agency collects and analyses water samples each year from May to September, to ensure that designated bathing water sites on the coast and inland are safe and clean for swimming and other activities. This shape file shows the approximate locations of our monitoring sites and the compliance or classification for each bathing water in England from 1988 to present. It is updated twice a year, to revise the inventory, and the assessment results. For coastal waters the specific locations of monitoring vary along a transect with the changing of the tides. The results of these samples are assessed in annual classifications and are available to view and download through the bathing water data explorer. This data is covered by AfA470.
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Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.
Technical information
Update frequency
biannually
Lineage
The Environment Agency collects and analyses water samples each year from May to September, to ensure that designated bathing water sites on the coast and inland are safe and clean for swimming and other activities. The results of these samples are assessed in annual classifications. Bathing water locations, and samples & measurements are archived on the Environment Agency’s water quality archive WIMS. The compliance and classification results are held in bwdata.mdb which is managed by Statutory Assessment & Reporting in RAE. All the data is also available as linked open data via the linked data store or bathing water data explorer. The assessments used in the compliance from 1988 to 2014 were based on the standards as set in the directive 76/160/EEC. From 2015 onwards the assessments are based on the standards set in the directive 2006/7/EC. This shape file shows the approximate locations of our monitoring sites and the compliance or classification for each bathing water in England from 1988 to present. It is updated twice a year, to revise the inventory, and the assessment results. For coastal waters the specific locations of monitoring vary along a transect line with the changing of the tides.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
fb8da72f-4938-4100-ac91-d9b8438ffd4c
Published by
Environment Agency
Contact publisher
Defra Data Services ForumDataset reference dates
Creation date
01 October 2010
Revision date
14 May 2024
Publication date
N/A
Period
- From: 01 January 1988
- To: 01 May 2024
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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
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Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
Bathing Waters Monitoring Locations WMS | Copy link | Preview |
Bathing Waters Monitoring Locations WFS | Copy link | N/A |
Bathing Waters Monitoring Locations OGC API | Copy link | Open link |
Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
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Bathing_Waters_Monitoring_Locations.lyr | LYR | Download |