Crap Towns / Barnoldswick / Pollution incidents
How often does Barnoldswick get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Barnoldswick or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in August 2026 and put algae in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| August 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| June 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 14.3 km | 19 |
| Colne | 6.9 km | 9 |
| Nelson | 9.3 km | 9 |
| Padiham | 15.6 km | 6 |
| Barnoldswick | – | 4 |
| Clitheroe | 14.6 km | 4 |
| Silsden | 16.3 km | 3 |
| Skipton | 11.9 km | 3 |
| Steeton | 15.4 km | 3 |
| Brierfield | 10.9 km | 2 |
| Barrowford | 7.7 km | 1 |