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Can I swim at Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton)?

King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Good (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
3 (nearest 1.0km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton) was rated Good for 2025 — the second 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

Hunstanton Main BeachKing's Lynn and West Norfolk, England · 2.1 km awayHeachamKing's Lynn and West Norfolk, England · 5.2 km awaySkegnessEast Lindsey, England · 23.3 km awayWellsNorth Norfolk, England · 23.7 km awayIngoldmellsEast Lindsey, England · 28.4 km awayChapel St LeonardsEast Lindsey, England · 31.8 km away

Check the official source

Hunstanton (Old Hunstanton)'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.