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Can I swim at Littlehaven Beach?

South Tyneside, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Poor (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
South Tyneside, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
45 (nearest 0.6km)

Littlehaven Beach was rated Poor for 2025 — below the minimum standard, based on samples taken across recent seasons. 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

South ShieldsSouth Tyneside, England · 0.9 km awayTynemouth King Edwards BayNorth Tyneside, England · 1.6 km awayTynemouth Long Sands SouthNorth Tyneside, England · 2.2 km awayTynemouth Long Sands NorthNorth Tyneside, England · 2.9 km awayTynemouth CullercoatsNorth Tyneside, England · 3.4 km awayMarsdenSouth Tyneside, England · 4.1 km away

Check the official source

Littlehaven Beach'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.