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Can I swim at Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach?

Dorset, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Poor (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
Dorset, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
11 (nearest 0.2km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Lyme Regis Church Cliff 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.

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

Lyme Regis Front BeachDorset, England · 0.6 km awayCharmouth WestDorset, England · 2.0 km awaySeatownDorset, England · 7.4 km awaySeaton (Devon)East Devon, England · 10.2 km awayEypemouthDorset, England · 10.3 km awayWest Bay (West)Dorset, England · 11.6 km away

Check the official source

Lyme Regis Church Cliff 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.