Brown's Bay — bathing water quality
near Larne, Mid and East Antrim
Brown's Bay is a coastal water in Mid and East Antrim, near Larne.
Official classification
Excellent
Assessed 2026
Excellent is the top class of the EU Bathing Water Directive, awarded where four bathing seasons of E. coli and intestinal enterococci sampling at this bathing water fall within the Directive’s strictest limits.
This bathing water
- Type
- Coastal water
- County
- Mid and East Antrim
- Location
- 54.8533, -5.7644
Others in Mid and East Antrim
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