Crap Towns / Ash and Ash Vale / Pollution incidents
How often does Ash and Ash Vale get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Ash and Ash Vale or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2025 and put final effluent in the water. Final effluent turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| September 2025 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| April 2020 | Sludge | In the water | Significant |
| July 2019 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| March 2017 | Cyanides and heavy metals | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleet | 8.6 km | 9 |
| Farnborough | 5.0 km | 8 |
| Aldershot | 2.3 km | 6 |
| Ash and Ash Vale | – | 6 |
| Camberley | 9.5 km | 6 |
| Blackwater | 10.4 km | 3 |
| Wrecclesham | 9.5 km | 3 |
| Frimley | 7.2 km | 2 |
| Farncombe | 9.4 km | 1 |
| Weybourne | 5.0 km | 1 |