Crap Towns / Broadstairs / Pollution incidents
How often does Broadstairs get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Broadstairs or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in October 2021 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Major |
| February 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Margate | 3.6 km | 34 |
| Whitstable | 27.2 km | 9 |
| Canterbury | 25.7 km | 7 |
| Herne Bay | 19.4 km | 6 |
| Herne | 20.6 km | 5 |
| Broadstairs | – | 4 |
| Dover | 27.6 km | 4 |
| Deal | 16.7 km | 2 |
| Ramsgate | 3.0 km | 2 |
| Aylesham | 21.7 km | 1 |