https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/lifeguards

No lifeguards on half of England's bathing beaches
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/lifeguards

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No lifeguards on half of England's bathing beaches

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/lifeguards
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2017-07-26T12:36:16.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-26T12:40:05.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:28:05.599Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: beaches, lifeguards, safety
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40493228
• Size: 367 KB
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  • Readme: README.md

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# No lifeguards on half of England's bathing beaches

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/lifeguards/master/Water-related%20deaths%20in%20England.png)

In July 2017 **Alexandra Ma** [reported](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40493228) that just over half of bathing spots along England's coast have no lifeguards on duty over the summer.

BBC England's data unit analysed a list of beaches patrolled by lifeguards, RNLI and otherwise, using data provided by the RNLI, the Beach Guide and local councils' websites, as of 7 July 2017.

The list was compared to the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs' list of designated bathing waters in England, with inland waters - such as Lake Windermere and Hampstead Heath in London - stripped out.

## Get the data

* Google sheet: [bathing water locations and numbers of lifeguards](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dHK7WjvYWKOQl2PFT-Rzu4Q_1RT9qTKfJabzzcqL3F8/edit#gid=944286752)

## Visualisation

* Infographic: Water-related deaths in England