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Scarborough and Whitby

Polluted by sewage 1,344 times in 2025 lasting 8,233 hours

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Live data for Scarborough and Whitby in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 5,911 hours of sewage overflows, from 79 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s

Totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2025

63 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water
1,344 sewage dumps
8,233 hours duration
That's 11.43 months. On average 3.7 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water Hertford LEBBERSTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 85 1,130 100
Yorkshire Water Murk Esk GOATHLAND STW FINAL EFFLUENT 91 860 100
Yorkshire Water River Hertford Via Ditch DUNSLOW ROAD SPS 96 685 100
Yorkshire Water Scalby Beck - North Sea HILLCREST AVENUE 44 634 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted Runwick Beck RUNSWICK BECK CSO 44 568 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Esk GLAISDALE STW 79 471 99.7
Yorkshire Water North Sea COW WATH BECK CSO 33 434 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk RUSWARP SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 67 291 99.8
Yorkshire Water North Sea WHITBY ROAD BRIDGE CSO 44 249 100
Yorkshire Water Scalby Beck - North Sea NEWBY BRIDGE STORM DETENTION TANK 19 246 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk GROSMONT STW 43 222 99.95
Yorkshire Water Eller Beck GOATHLAND GREENWAY SPS 23 169 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Hertford CARRHOUSE LANE CAYTON NO 2 CSO 25 164 95.3
Yorkshire Water River Esk EGTON BRIDGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 37 150 99.8
Yorkshire Water Stainsacre Beck HAWSKER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 17 138 96.7
Yorkshire Water North Sea And River Esk ENDEAVOUR WHARF PUMPING STATION 52 135 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Hertford PLAXTONS FACTORY NO 2 CSO 29 127 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 33 111 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea SCALBY NESS OUTFALL 49 103 100
Yorkshire Water Land RAVENSCAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 31 103 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk DANBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 38 99 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea CAYTON BAY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 7 94 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea LYTHE BANK SPS 8 87 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea THE WHEATCROFT SHORT SEA OUTFALL 11 87 100
Yorkshire Water Ditch CARRS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 13 82 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea RUNSWICK BAY SPS 10 76 100
Yorkshire Water Unnamed Drain River Hertford NESFIELD CLOSE CSO 13 69 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk BRIDGE INN CSO 29 68 99.7
Yorkshire Water Iburndale Beck LOWDALE LANE NO 2 CSO 19 64 100
Yorkshire Water Burniston Beck BURNISTON GARDENS CSO 21 60 100
Yorkshire Water Danby Beck CASTLETON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 18 55 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea ROBIN HOODS BAY SEA OUTFALL 17 44 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 10 37 99.8
Yorkshire Water Dales Beck PORRET LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 13 37 100
Yorkshire Water Seamer Drain SEAMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 5 36 100
Yorkshire Water River Hertford GRISTHORPE TANK CSO 6 34 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea TOLL HOUSE STORMWATER OUTFALL 18 22 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk ESPLANADE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 22 21 100
Yorkshire Water Spital Beck STAINSACRE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 12 19 100
Yorkshire Water Welldale Beck SNAINTON NO.2 FOULBRIDGE LANE SPS 4 15 100
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck WHITBY GOLF COURSE CSO 9 13 100
Yorkshire Water River Derwent AYTON FOOTBRIDGE SSO 13 13 96.9
Yorkshire Water River Esk BROOK PARK NO2 CSO 6 12 100
Yorkshire Water Danby Beck ASH GROVE CSO 19 11 96.3
Yorkshire Water Sea Cut GLYNNDALE DRIVE TANK SEWER 5 11 100
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck UPGANG LANE SPS 3 9 100
Yorkshire Water Black Dike CURLEW DRIVE CSO 5 8 60.1
Yorkshire Water North Sea CORNER CAFE CSO 6 7 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk LOWER UNDERHILL CSO 5 7 92.4
Yorkshire Water Holbeck Ravine HOLBECK HILL CSO 10 5 99.8
Yorkshire Water Intake Beck STAINSACRE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 3 4 100
Yorkshire Water Ditch AISLABY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 1 4 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Derwent CARR LANE EAST AYTON CSO 3 4 100
Yorkshire Water Land BURNT HOWE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 3 2 100
Yorkshire Water Bagdale Beck MAYFIELD ROAD CSO 3 1 100
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck SANDSEND SPS 3 1 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk IVY HOUSE CSO 2 1 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk Tidal BOULBY BANK CSO 1 0 99.4
Yorkshire Water To Foul Sewer CLEVELAND AVENUE SSO 3 0 75.5
Yorkshire Water North Sea NEW ROAD BRIDGE CSO 2 0 100
Yorkshire Water Iburndale Beck BIRCH AVENUE CSO 1 0 99.2
Yorkshire Water North Sea COD & LOBSTER SSO 1 0 99.3
Yorkshire Water River Esk Tidal EAST CRESCENT CSO 2 0 92.4
Yorkshire Water North Sea AQUARIUM TOP STORMWATER OUTFALL 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk CRESCENT TERRACE CSO 0 0 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Hertford LEBBERSTON BALANCING TANK 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water West Beck MALLYAN SPOUT CSO 0 0 97.8
Yorkshire Water North Sea NORTH TERRACE CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk PIER ROAD CSO 0 0 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Esk ROYAL HOTEL CSO 0 0 99.7
Yorkshire Water West Beck / Murk Esk THE ORCHARD NO 2 CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Staithes Beck WESLEY SQUARE STAITHES SPS 0 0 100

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

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