Excellent · 2025
Out of season
No spills reported nearby in the last 48 hours
The cleanest samples over the last four seasons.
- Latest E. coli
- 55
- per 100 ml, 25 Aug 2026
- Latest enterococci
- 36
- per 100 ml
- Overflows within 3 km
- 1
- Spills nearby, 30 days
- 1
- Excellent or Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Overflow discharging
- Overflow
- Offline
About this beach
Formby bathing water is a large, sandy beach with extensive sand dunes between the beach and Formby town. There are multiple access points to the beach via boardwalks across the dunes. The beach has a shallow profile that increasingly drops off towards the sea.
From the Environment Agency profile.
Storm overflows within 3 km
Nearest first, straight-line distance.| Monitor | Distance | Status | Last spill | Spills, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP00753 River Alt | 2.9 km | Not discharging | 1 week ago | 1 |