Crap Towns / Bearsted / Pollution incidents
How often does Bearsted get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bearsted 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 March 2024 and put asbestos, commercial waste and contaminated soil on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Asbestos, commercial waste and contaminated soil | On the land | Significant |
| August 2022 | Building rubble, contaminated soil, soil and clay and tyres | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne | 14.4 km | 13 |
| Chatham | 10.6 km | 3 |
| Gillingham | 10.4 km | 3 |
| Rochester | 14.9 km | 3 |
| Bearsted | – | 2 |
| Maidstone | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Staplehurst | 11.4 km | 2 |
| Snodland | 11.4 km | 1 |