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‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution

30 August 2026 at 09:00

Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beaches

“I’m furious,” says Jo Armstrong, 75, sitting on Brighton beach with her daughter and granddaughter.

Armstrong lives in Lewes, a town 8 miles from Brighton, and usually goes swimming in nearby Seaford in East Sussex every day. But over the past week the water there has been too polluted to swim. “Brighton beach was the only place that stayed clean,” she says.

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© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution

Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beaches

“I’m furious,” says Jo Armstrong, 75, sitting on Brighton beach with her daughter and granddaughter.

Armstrong lives in Lewes, a town 8 miles from Brighton, and usually goes swimming in nearby Seaford in East Sussex every day. But over the past week the water there has been too polluted to swim. “Brighton beach was the only place that stayed clean,” she says.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

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