Crap Towns / Batley / Pollution incidents
How often does Batley get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Batley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in March 2025 and put landfill leachate in the water. Landfill leachate turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Landfill leachate | In the water | Significant |
| October 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2023 | Landfill leachate | In the water | Significant |
| April 2023 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| December 2022 | Paint | In the water | Significant |
| November 2022 | Acids and organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| November 2022 | Specific waste material | In the water | Significant |
| February 2021 | Landfill leachate | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Morley | 3.9 km | 16 |
| Dewsbury | 3.8 km | 12 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 5.3 km | 11 |
| Cleckheaton | 5.2 km | 10 |
| Batley | – | 9 |
| East Ardsley | 5.9 km | 4 |
| Heckmondwike | 2.3 km | 4 |
| Liversedge | 4.3 km | 4 |
| Drighlington | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Gildersome | 4.1 km | 2 |