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BeachEast Riding of Yorkshire Council🐾 Dog rule not verified

A rapidly eroding East Riding beach whose bathing water was closed and unassessed for 2025 because safe monitoring access was unavailable.

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Beach & safety

Water quality: Un-assessed

Lifeguard: No lifeguard service; access has been restricted.

Hazards: Severe coastal erosion, unstable access and an unassessed bathing-water season.

Dogs

No site-specific rule was verified. Check current signage and the relevant authority.

No verified source. Check current signage and the relevant authority.

Family

Access restrictions and coastal erosion mean this should not be promoted for family bathing.

Fishing

Clean sand and coloured water support bass, whiting, codling, rays, dogfish and flatfish, but current safe access must be verified first.

Species reported: Bass, Whiting, Codling, Rays, Lesser-spotted dogfish, Flatfish

Crabbing

unknown

Access & parking

Use established signed beach access from the named settlement or visitor car park; check tide and erosion notices.

Researched 2026-07-24 — sources & disclaimer

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bathing-waters-in-england-compliance-reports/bathing-water-classifications-2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bathing-waters-list-of-designated-waters-in-england/list-of-current-bathing-waters

https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment/sustainable-environment/looking-after-our-coastline/about-the-east-riding-coastline/

https://wheresthefish.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber

Rules and conditions change, so always check current signage and tides before you go. We do our best to keep this accurate but can't promise it's error-free.