Crap Towns / Burton Latimer / Pollution incidents
How often does Burton Latimer get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Burton Latimer or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in June 2025 and put contaminated rocks and gravel on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Contaminated rocks and gravel | On the land | Significant |
| April 2021 | Storm sewage | On the land | Significant |
| November 2016 | Diesel | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 6.8 km | 14 |
| Rushden | 10.2 km | 13 |
| Kettering | 4.7 km | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | – | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | 8.6 km | 3 |
| Desborough | 13.0 km | 2 |
| Earls Barton | 11.8 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 6.3 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 9.8 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 10.8 km | 2 |