Crap Towns / Bournemouth / Pollution incidents
How often does Bournemouth get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bournemouth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2024 and put smoke on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Smoke | On the land | Significant |
| August 2023 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| May 2023 | Firefighting run-off | On the land | Significant |
| December 2021 | Urban run-off | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | 5.8 km | 8 |
| Bournemouth | – | 6 |
| Christchurch | 9.1 km | 3 |
| Corfe Mullen | 10.7 km | 3 |
| Wimborne Minster | 9.5 km | 3 |
| Ferndown | 7.2 km | 2 |
| Ashley Heath | 10.4 km | 1 |
| Merley | 7.9 km | 1 |
| West Moors | 9.4 km | 1 |