Bathing Water Areas

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>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:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' rel='nofollow ugc'>OSNI Open Data - Coverage Grid - 10K - Dataset - Open Data NI</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>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.</p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>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:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' rel='nofollow ugc'>The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Updated in May 2025 to include the 7 newly designated bathing water sites.</p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-size:11pt;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><a href='https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/about-bathing-water-quality' style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>DAERA – About Bathing Water Quality</a><span style='font-size:11pt;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></p></div>

Tags: beaches, revised-bathing-waters-directive, water-quality
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs