Only two-thirds of UK bathing waters rated excellent in EU survey

Latest data puts Britain near bottom of Europe's league table for bathing water qualitySwimmers itching to take advantage of the easing of lockdown to have their first sea bathes or wild swims of the summer should pick their spot wisely: only two-thirds of the UK's bathing waters are of excellent quality, according to the latest data, putting Britain near the bottom of Europe's league table for bathing water quality.Most of the rest of the UK's beaches were of good or sufficient quality last year, with fewer than one in 20 judged to be poor, in the annual survey by the European Environment Agency. Continue reading...