Crap Towns / Andover / Pollution incidents
How often does Andover get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Andover or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in December 2025 and put crude sewage on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Crude sewage | On the land | Major |
| November 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Major |
| January 2023 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| May 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Andover | – | 4 |
| Newbury | 23.8 km | 2 |
| Durrington | 20.9 km | 1 |
| Hungerford | 22.5 km | 1 |
| Romsey | 24.3 km | 1 |
| Winchester | 20.0 km | 1 |