Hanmer Mere
Safety warning
- Restricted access — protected site
- A Site of Special Scientific Interest. Public access is limited to specific areas to protect sensitive habitats; keep to designated paths and follow local management guidance. — Site management guidance
- Not a designated bathing water
- Not monitored under the Bathing Water Directive: no classification, no sampling, no pollution alerting, and no lifeguard service. Inland still water can also carry blue-green algae in warm weather. — NRW bathing water register
Not monitored
Hanmer Mere is not a designated bathing water, so no water-quality classification, sampling or pollution alerting applies and we cannot tell you anything about the water today. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest with public access limited to protect sensitive habitats — check locally what is currently permitted before swimming.
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About this spot
Hanmer Mere is a natural 18-hectare lake and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wrexham county borough, long used by local open-water swimmers.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Hanmer Mere right now?
- Hanmer Mere is currently marked "Not monitored". Hanmer Mere is not a designated bathing water, so no water-quality classification, sampling or pollution alerting applies and we cannot tell you anything about the water today. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest with public access limited to protect sensitive habitats — check locally what is currently permitted before swimming. Conditions change quickly — always assess the water yourself before entering.
Get told when this changes
We’ll email you when the swim status at Hanmer Mere moves — a pollution alert opening, or one lifting. Not a newsletter: only this spot, only when it changes, at most once every 12 hours.
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Nearby swimming spots
See all swimming spots near Chester — about 28 km away.