Crap Towns / Blackpool / Pollution incidents
How often does Blackpool get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Blackpool or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in October 2018 and put specific waste material in the water and on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Specific waste material | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| July 2017 | Crude oil | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 12.9 km | 14 |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 16.0 km | 9 |
| Thornton | 8.9 km | 5 |
| Kirkham | 9.9 km | 4 |
| Cottam | 16.0 km | 3 |
| Southport | 18.0 km | 3 |
| Blackpool | – | 2 |
| Cleveleys | 9.6 km | 2 |
| Longton | 17.6 km | 1 |
| Lytham St Anne's | 5.3 km | 1 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 6.4 km | 1 |