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Can I swim at Seaton Carew North?

Hartlepool, England · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Good (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
Hartlepool, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
19 (nearest 0.9km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Seaton Carew North 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

Seaton Carew CentreHartlepool, England · 0.6 km awaySeaton Carew North GareHartlepool, England · 2.2 km awayCrimdonCounty Durham, England · 8.1 km awayRedcar CoathamRedcar and Cleveland, England · 8.2 km awayRedcar Lifeboat StationRedcar and Cleveland, England · 9.5 km awayRedcar GranvilleRedcar and Cleveland, England · 10.1 km away

Check the official source

Seaton Carew North'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.