Crap Towns / Bamber Bridge / Pollution incidents
How often does Bamber Bridge get polluted?
16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bamber Bridge or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 43rd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 4 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2026 and put sewage material in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 9 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| March 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2025 | Commercial waste and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| May 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| February 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| October 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| May 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Major |
| February 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Major |
| January 2018 | Sulphide odour | In the air | Major |
| December 2017 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| November 2017 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2017 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| June 2016 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Leyland | 4.4 km | 24 |
| Preston | 5.0 km | 17 |
| Bamber Bridge | – | 16 |
| Euxton | 6.3 km | 11 |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 12.4 km | 9 |
| Fulwood | 7.3 km | 5 |
| Cottam | 9.1 km | 3 |
| Longridge | 11.8 km | 2 |
| Penwortham | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Chorley | 9.0 km | 1 |
| Longton | 7.9 km | 1 |