Crap Towns / Brimington / Pollution incidents
How often does Brimington get polluted?
19 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Brimington or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 33rd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in June 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Noise turned up in 13 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2022 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2021 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| February 2018 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| October 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| November 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| October 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| August 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| July 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| June 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 3.2 km | 23 |
| Brimington | – | 19 |
| Staveley | 2.3 km | 7 |
| Clay Cross | 9.9 km | 2 |
| Eckington | 5.9 km | 2 |
| Killamarsh | 9.2 km | 2 |
| Clowne | 9.3 km | 1 |
| Wingerworth | 6.3 km | 1 |