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Blue Anchor West

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Blue Anchor West is an official bathing spot in Somerset. The water was rated Poor when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of twelve bathing waters in the county.

Dunster Beach and Minehead Terminus are among the bathing waters within 5.4 km.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

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