POLLUTION ALERT: Warnings issued in UK to avoid THESE beaches due to sewage leak  

Warnings have been issued to avoid 83 beaches in the UK after sewage has been discharged into the sea 

The public in the UK has been warned to stay away from 83 beaches in the country after sewage has been detected.  

The pollution alert was issued by a swimming charity Surfers Against Sewage, as per the Mirror, who have stated that sewage has been discharged into the water after heavy rainfall in recent days.

UK´s best-rated beach by TripAdvisor, Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, has also been included in the list, as per reports.  

“Gorleston-on-Sea became popular in Edwardian times and is still a busy seaside resort”, said the warning, adding, “A number of sewer overflows discharge into the River Yare that flows to the sea at the northern end of the beach.” 

Aside from this, other areas that have been affected by the sewage discharge include popular tourist destinations including Brighton, Scarborough, Blackpool, and Whitstable. 

According to a recent analysis, “In just one year, England and Wales’ waterways had sewage pumped into them for at least 3.4 million hours”.

The analysis also revealed that River Severn was the most polluted, as sewage had been pumped into it for 28,741 hours over 2,656 times by Severn Trent Water.  

The list of beaches under the sewage pollution alert includes the following:  

1. Pagham 
2. Langstone Harbour 
3. Eastney 
4. Southsea East 
5. Stokes Bay 
6. Ryde 
7. Seagrove 
8. St Helens 
9. Bembridge 
10. Whitecliff Bay 
11. Yaverland 
12. Sandown 
13. Shanklin 
14. Lee-on-Solent 
15. Hillhead 
16. Cowes 
17. Gurnard 
18. Colwell Bay 
19. Totland Bay 
20. Pentewan 
21. Dunster North West 
22. Weston Main 
23. Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay 
24. Wharfe at Cromwheel – Ilkley Bathing Water 
25. Southport 
26. St Annes 
27. St Annes North 
28. Blackpool South 
29. Blackpool Central 
30. Blackpool North 
31. Bispham 
32. Cleveleys 
33. Fleetwood 
34. Morecambe North 
35. Walney Biggar Bank 
36. Walney Sandy Gap 
37. Walney West Shore 
38. Dhoon Bay 
39. Spittal 
40. Warkworth 
41. Amble Links 
42. Druridge Bay North 
43. Druridge Bay South 
44. Blyth South Beach 
45. Tynemouth Cullercoats 
46. Seaham Hall Beach 
47. Seaham Beach 
48. Seaton Carew North 
49. Redcar Coatham 
50. Redcar Granville 
51. Redcar Stray 
52. Marske Sands 
53. Saltburn 
54. Whitby 
55. Scarborough North Bay 
56. Scarborough South Bay 
57. Bridlington South Beach 
58. Heacham 
59. Gorleston Beach 
60. Southend Three Shells 
61. Southend Jubilee Beach 
62. Sheerness Canterbury 
63. Minster Leas 
64. Leysdown 
65. West Beach, Whitstable 
66. Tankerton 
67. Herne Bay Central 
68. Herne Bay 
69. Sandgate 
70. Hythe 
71. St Marys Bay (Kent) 
72. St Leonards 
73. Bexhill 
74. Normans Bay 
75. Pevensey Bay 
76. Seaford 
77. Saltdean 
78. Brighton Kemptown 
79. Brighton Central – Brighton 
80. Hove Lawn 
81. Littlehampton 
82. Bognor Regis East 
83. Bognor Regis (Aldwick)

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