Crap Towns / Burgess Hill / Pollution incidents
How often does Burgess Hill get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Burgess Hill or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2026 and put crude sewage in the water and on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Major |
| June 2023 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| May 2018 | Crude sewage and sewage material | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Burgess Hill | – | 5 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Southwick | 15.4 km | 3 |
| Brighton and Hove | 13.0 km | 2 |
| Lewes | 13.2 km | 2 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 16.7 km | 2 |
| Haywards Heath | 5.5 km | 1 |
| Southwater | 17.7 km | 1 |
| Uckfield | 16.1 km | 1 |