Designated bathing water · official register
River Severn at Ironbridge
Telford and Wrekin
The Environment Agency data currently advises against bathing here. Based on the EA classification Poor (2025) and no active short-term pollution warning.
Latest EA sample· 25 Jun 2026
240
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.
19
Storm overflows
0
Spilling now
0
Monitors offline
0
Spills · 24 h
- Severn Trent Water · SVT00719 · LYDE BROOKinactive214 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT02303 · River Severninactive238 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01214 · RIVER SEVERNinactive238 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01215 · RIVER SEVERNinactive238 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT02304 · River Severninactive315 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01308 · TRIBUTARY OF RIVER SEVERNinactive567 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01216 · RIVER SEVERNinactive848 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01218 · RIVER SEVERN (NON TIDAL)inactive872 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01219 · River Severninactive884 m
- Severn Trent Water · SVT01217 · OLDCOTES DYKEinactive1.2 km
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.