Bathing water quality in Scotland 2015-2023

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Erick Burgueño Salas,
Jul 10, 2025
The share of bathing sites in Scotland with an excellent water quality rating reached a record high of ** percent for the 2023 bathing season. By comparison, just *** percent of bathing sites will have a poor status. Around ** percent of Scotland's ** monitored bathing sites had at least a sufficient water quality for the 2023 bathing season.
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Release date

November 2023

Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Scotland's bathing season typically runs from June to September.
Figures per season might not add up to 100% due to rounding.

* No samples were taken in 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This statistic is using original data from the Scottish Government and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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