Crap Towns / Burscough / Pollution incidents
How often does Burscough get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Burscough or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2023 and put building rubble, contaminated building rubble, household waste, metal wastes and soil and clay on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Building rubble, contaminated building rubble, household waste, metal wastes and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| October 2017 | Diesel | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 10.4 km | 9 |
| Maghull | 11.5 km | 3 |
| Skelmersdale | 7.1 km | 3 |
| Southport | 10.0 km | 3 |
| Appley Bridge | 9.3 km | 2 |
| Burscough | – | 2 |
| Lydiate | 10.2 km | 2 |
| Orrell | 11.7 km | 1 |
| Shevington | 11.1 km | 1 |