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How often does Bacup get polluted?

13 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bacup or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 70th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2024 and put contaminated soil and landfill leachate in the water and on the land. Building rubble turned up in 4 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
December 2024Contaminated soil and landfill leachateIn the water and on the landSignificant
August 2024MinewaterIn the waterSignificant
January 2024Electrical equipment, household waste, metal wastes, specific waste material, solvents, tyres and vehicle partsOn the landSignificant
April 2023Commercial waste and household wasteIn the water and on the landSignificant
April 2023Commercial wasteIn the waterSignificant
March 2021Commercial waste and household wasteOn the land and in the airSignificant
March 2020Specific waste materialIn the waterSignificant
March 2020Specific waste materialIn the water and on the landSignificant
April 2019General biodegradable material or wasteOn the landSignificant
February 2019Asbestos, building rubble and general biodegradable material or wasteOn the land and in the airSignificant
December 2018Building rubbleOn the landSignificant
June 2018Asbestos, building rubble and inert material or wasteOn the landSignificant
May 2018Asbestos and building rubbleOn the landSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Accrington12.2 km19
Burnley11.0 km19
Bacup–13
Rawtenstall5.0 km8
Rochdale9.4 km5
Whitworth4.7 km4
Haslingden8.4 km3
Milnrow11.2 km3
Todmorden6.6 km3
Ramsbottom10.9 km2
Littleborough8.8 km1