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Can I swim at Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond)?

City and County of the City of London, England · Lake

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Excellent (2025)
Water
Lake
Area
City and County of the City of London, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
14 (nearest 3.3km)

Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) 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.

Other beaches nearby

Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond)City and County of the City of London, England · 0.4 km awayHampstead Heath (Mixed Pond)City and County of the City of London, England · 0.7 km awayThe Serpentine - Hyde ParkCity of Westminster, England · 6.6 km awayHam and Kingston, River ThamesKingston upon Thames, England · 18.5 km awayCanvey Island ForeshoreCastle Point, England · 52.2 km awayLeigh Bell WharfSouthend-on-Sea, England · 56.0 km away

Check the official source

Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond)'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.