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Henleaze Lake

City of Bristol

Verified safe

The Environment Agency's classification is good and no short-term pollution warning is active. Based on the EA classification Excellent (2025) and no active short-term pollution warning.

Latest EA sample· 26 Jun 2026

91

E. coli · cfu/100ml

<10

Intestinal enterococci · cfu/100ml

Storm overflows within 5.0 km

Monitored sewage discharge points near this bathing water, from the National Storm Overflow Hub. An active spill upstream can affect water quality before it shows up in lab samples.

127

Storm overflows

0

Spilling now

3

Monitors offline

0

Spills · 24 h

About this verdict

The classification, lab samples and pollution warnings above are the Environment Agency's own published data for this designated site; River Truth adds live storm-overflow context from the National Storm Overflow Hub. Sample results reflect water quality at the time of testing and this page is not formal bathing advice — heed any on-site signage.