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Can I swim at Beer?

East Devon, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Excellent (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
East Devon, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
12 (nearest 1.4km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Beer was rated Excellent for 2025 — the highest of the four grades in the Bathing Water Regulations. That grade comes from bacterial samples taken over several seasons, so it describes the beach's record rather than the water on any given day.

The Environment Agency issues a pollution risk forecast for this beach every morning during the bathing season, and the water company publishes the status of its storm overflows every few minutes.

The regulator records this as a bathing water whose quality can be affected by heavy rain, which is why rainfall in the last 24 hours is shown above.

Other beaches nearby

Seaton (Devon)East Devon, England · 1.6 km awaySidmouth TownEast Devon, England · 11.0 km awayLyme Regis Front BeachDorset, England · 11.1 km awaySidmouth Jacobs LadderEast Devon, England · 11.4 km awayLyme Regis Church Cliff BeachDorset, England · 11.7 km awayCharmouth WestDorset, England · 13.7 km away

Check the official source

Beer's official page at the Environment Agency · See it on a map

This page is not official. It reads published data and presents it plainly; if a sign at the beach says otherwise, believe the sign.