Swimming spots near Peterlee
18 swimming spots within 30 km of Peterlee, 18 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). Nearest first — the closest is Crimdon, about 7 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 17 with no current pollution alert. 10 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Crimdon6.5 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaham Beach9.5 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaham Hall Beach9.9 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaton Carew North14.3 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaton Carew Centre14.9 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaton Carew North Gare16.5 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Roker - Sunderland18.3 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Seaburn - Sunderland19.7 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Redcar Coatham22.4 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Redcar Lifeboat Station23.5 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Redcar Granville24.1 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Marsden24.2 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Redcar Stray25.9 km from PeterleeGood to go
- South Shields26.9 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Marske Sands27.1 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Littlehaven Beach27.6 km from PeterleeCaution
- Tynemouth King Edwards Bay29.2 km from PeterleeGood to go
- Tynemouth Long Sands South29.7 km from PeterleeGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Peterlee?
- 18 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Peterlee, spread across 6 areas. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Peterlee?
- Crimdon in County Durham, about 7 km away. It is the closest of the 18 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Peterlee?
- 18 of these 18 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Environment Agency (England). Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Peterlee have the best water quality?
- 10 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Peterlee right now?
- 1 of the 18 is currently flagged, and 17 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.