Crap Towns / Bracknell / Pollution incidents
How often does Bracknell get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bracknell or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2025 and put process effluent in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Process effluent | In the water | Significant |
| February 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| August 2018 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| January 2017 | Solvents | In the water and in the air | Major |
| July 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bracknell | – | 7 |
| Camberley | 8.3 km | 6 |
| Yateley | 9.6 km | 4 |
| Blackwater | 8.6 km | 3 |
| Sandhurst | 6.9 km | 3 |
| Crowthorne | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Lightwater | 8.7 km | 2 |
| Wokingham | 6.4 km | 2 |
| Ascot | 6.8 km | 1 |