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Walney West Shore
Westmorland and Furness · sewerage by United Utilities Water
Sufficient · 2025
Out of season
No spills reported nearby in the last 48 hours
Samples met the minimum standard over the last four seasons.
- Latest E. coli
- 3,800
- per 100 ml, 23 Sep 2026
- Latest enterococci
- 460
- per 100 ml
- Overflows within 3 km
- 9
- Spills nearby, 30 days
- 7
- Excellent or Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Overflow discharging
- Overflow
- Offline
About this beach
Walney West Shore bathing water is a gently sloping shingle beach with a large expanse of sand exposed at low water. The beach is the most northerly of the bathing waters on Walney Island.
From the Environment Agency profile.
Storm overflows within 3 km
Nearest first, straight-line distance.| Monitor | Distance | Status | Last spill | Spills, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP00832 Walney Channel | 2.1 km | Not discharging | 2 days ago | 1 |
| UUP00728 Walney Channel | 2.3 km | Not discharging | 3 days ago | 1 |
| UUP01501 Walney Channel | 2.5 km | Not discharging | 3 days ago | 1 |
| UUP01499 Ormsgill Reservoir | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 3 days ago | 1 |
| UUP00091 Ormsgill Reservoir (via a surface water sewer) | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 3 days ago | 1 |
| UUP00090 Ormsgill Reservoir | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 3 days ago | 1 |
| UUP01683 Ormsgill Reservoir | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 1 week ago | 1 |
| UUP01724 Ormsgill Reservoir | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 1 month ago | 0 |
| UUP00089 Ormsgill Reservoir | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 1 year ago | 0 |
2 more monitors nearby had no spill in the last 30 days.