Bathing water

• Guest 732

  • Registered: 8 Nov 2011
  • Posts: 128
  10 November 2016     18:32320250
  #1      
  Excellent news about the quality of water at Sandwich Bay , Deal castle and St Margaret's Bay bathing water being nice and clean, not a mention on Dover Harbour, I wonder if this is ever monitored and safe to swim in.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  10 November 2016     18:40320251
  #2      
  There is a sign on the promenade stating that it reaches EU standards and is updated every year. The channel swimmers wouldn't train there if they had any doubts.
• Guest 732

  • Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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  10 November 2016     19:21320254
  #3      
  Just find it a bit strange that Dover isn't mentioned as a clean place to swim, it doesn't even feature on the environmental agency's website for clean bathing water.
• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
  • Posts: 3,109
  10 November 2016     21:23320261
  #4      
  Probably because it's not a designated bathing water.
  (Not my real name.)