{"id":327573,"date":"2026-03-08T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/327573\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:47:10","slug":"environment-agency-issues-no-swim-warning-as-it-investigates-suspected-pollution-in-the-avon-at-the-old-bathing-place-stratford-upon-avon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/327573\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Agency issues no-swim warning as it investigates suspected pollution in the Avon at The Old Bathing Place, Stratford-upon-Avon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Environment Agency (EA) has warned people not to swim in the Avon at Stratford while it investigates suspected pollution seen there.<\/p>\n<p>Brown scum has been spotted in the river at the Fisherman\u2019s car park &#8211; locally referred to as the Old Bathing Place, with images shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>An EA spokesperson told the Herald: \u201cWe are aware of the pollution incident at The Old Bathing Place in Stratford-upon-Avon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 720 960\" alt=\"Brown scum seen on the water near the Old Bathing Place this week. Photo: Richard Price\/Friends of Fisherman's Car Park and Lench meadow\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"R2TPKXLIBKDWV0YQA2PC.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.75\"\/>Brown scum seen on the water near the Old Bathing Place this week. Photo: Richard Price\/Friends of Fisherman&#8217;s Car Park and Lench meadow<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are actively investigating and will not hesitate to take enforcement action where appropriate. If people have environmental concerns, please contact our 24\/7 hotline on 0800 807060.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offering further guidance, the EA noted: \u201cThe River Avon is not a designated bathing water, which means we do not routinely monitor for swimming water quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone can become unwell when swimming in open waters. UK Health Security Agency and the EA offer advice in their \u2018swim healthy\u2019 guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Environment Agency (EA) has warned people not to swim in the Avon at Stratford while it investigates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,163,85,46,141,161846],"class_list":["post-327573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-stratford-upon-avon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}