Big-tide swimming on the Bristol Channel plus lidos and river pools inland. Hattie tracks 45 wild-swim spots across Somerset & the Bristol Channel — 37 sea spots, 4 rivers, 3 lakes and 1 lido — each with a live verdict before you get in.
Every Somerset & the Bristol Channel spot draws on the official feeds Hattie checks through the day: storm-overflow (sewage) reports straight from the water companies, the regulator's bathing-water classifications, river levels, tides, wind and rainfall. Tap any spot for the live picture, the data behind it, and what other swimmers have reported.
Swim spots in Somerset & the Bristol Channel
- Barry
- Berrow North of Unity Farm
- Berrow Sands
- Berrow Sands
- Blue Anchor West
- Bossington Beach
- Brean
- Clevedon
- Col-Huw Beach (Llantwit Major)
- Cold Knap Barry
- Dunster Beach
- Exmoor National Park
- Fish Bench Bay
- Frome at Farleigh Hungerford
- Hardy’s Bay
- Henleaze Lake
- Jackson's Bay Barry Island
- Kilve Beach
- Ladye Bay
- Limpert Bay
- Llanishen Reservoir
- Lynmouth
- Margam Sands
- Minehead Terminus
- Morfa Beach
- Ogmore-By-Sea
- Penarth Beach
- Porlock Bay
- Rest Bay
- Rest Bay Porthcawl
- River Tone at French Weir Park
- Sand Bay
- Sandy Bay Porthcawl
- Sker Beach
- Southerndown
- Sugar Loaf Beach old tidal pool
- The Bendricks
- Traeth yr Afon
- Trecco Bay Porthcawl
- Warleigh Weir (River Avon)
- Watch House Bay
- Watch House Beach
- Weston Main
- Weston-super-Mare Sand Bay
- Weston-super-Mare Uphill Slipway