Sewage discharges and Southsea East bathing water
Uncertain · High attention
Southsea East has been rated Poor three years running; Eastney is Good.
Environment Agency annual rating for Southsea East beach. Southsea East sampling point.
Source: Environment Agency · Southsea East, 2025 classification
Checked 23 September 2026
| Year | Southsea East | Eastney |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sufficient | Good |
| 2022 | Sufficient | Good |
| 2023 | Poor | Good |
| 2024 | Poor | Good |
| 2025 | Poor | Good |
| Site | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Sso | 9 | 23.533333 |
| Henderson Road Eastney Cso | 86 | 499.5625 |
How classification works
Classes use four years of samples, so a single clean summer doesn't lift a Poor rating straight away.
What isn't published
Not published: No published site-by-site delivery timetable for the remaining worst outfalls.
Not published: EDM records the duration of a discharge, not its volume or pollutant load.
Not published: The Environment Agency has not published a site-level explanation of why Southsea East has remained Poor for three consecutive seasons.
Not published: Pollution risk warnings are forecasts, so the number issued is not a count of discharges that occurred.
Overview checked 26 August 2026. Additional figures have their own dates in the evidence explorer. Further context on UK Stat Pack.