The River Thames at Wallingford has been a popular place to swim for generations.

River Avon at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, a new designation site was rated poor in an investigation led by the environment agency.

Five wild swimming spots in Yorkshire have been rated "poor" after failing to meet water quality standards. While it was already known that three of the popular bathing sites were already failing to meet standards,

Swimming spots in the South East are among those which have received a poor water quality rating. Of 37 sites across England which failed to meet water quality standards, five were found in Kent and West Sussex,

The well-known places in Kent failed to meet the minimum standards for water quality set by the Environment Agency, which has released its findings. The testing was carried out by