Crap Towns / Aylesbury / Pollution incidents

How often does Aylesbury get polluted?

5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Aylesbury or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2021 and put algae in the water. Algae turned up in 2 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
July 2021AlgaeIn the waterSignificant
July 2020An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
August 2019AlgaeIn the waterSignificant
June 2019Atmospheric pollutant or effectIn the airSignificant
November 2017Grey waterIn the waterMajor
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Aylesbury–5
Leighton Buzzard15.6 km4
Haddenham9.5 km1
Princes Risborough10.2 km1
Thame13.9 km1
Tring10.1 km1
Winslow15.7 km1