Crap Towns / Banbury / Pollution incidents
How often does Banbury get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Banbury or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2024 and put final effluent in the water. Final effluent turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| June 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| October 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Brackley | 13.5 km | 6 |
| Banbury | – | 5 |
| Towcester | 25.2 km | 3 |
| Bicester | 22.1 km | 1 |
| Daventry | 25.2 km | 1 |