Crap Towns / Barrow-in-Furness / Pollution incidents
How often does Barrow-in-Furness get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Barrow-in-Furness or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in February 2023 and put unidentified oil in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| May 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 26.1 km | 14 |
| Heysham | 23.5 km | 5 |
| Lancaster | 28.9 km | 4 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | – | 2 |
| Cleveleys | 28.9 km | 2 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 5.2 km | 2 |
| Morecambe | 25.3 km | 2 |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 27.5 km | 1 |