Bathing Water Areas

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Dataset information

Catalog

OpenDataNI catalog

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Updated

Created

Available languages

English

Keywords

Revised Bathing Waters Directive, water quality, beaches

Datasource

Official portal for European data link

Quality scoring

Dataset description

<div style='text-align:Left;'>These boundaries have been created using the OSNI 1:10K scale raster basemap. <a href='https://admin.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/osni-open-data-coverage-grid-10k' style='font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' rel='nofollow ugc'>OSNI Open Data - Coverage Grid - 10K - Dataset - Open Data NI</a> Bathing Water areas are defined by the land parcel lines at the upper edge of the beach and extend approx. 200m seaward into the bathing water area. The Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) covered the period until 31 December 2020, when the UK left the European Union. Since 01 January 2021 Northern Ireland has followed The Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008. <a href='https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/contents/made' style='font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' rel='nofollow ugc'>The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008</a> Updated in May 2025 to include the 7 newly designated bathing water sites. <a href='https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/about-bathing-water-quality' style='font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>DAERA – About Bathing Water Quality</a> </div>

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