Crap Towns / Bury / Pollution incidents
How often does Bury get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Bury or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2023 and put landfill odour in the air. Building rubble turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2021 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| June 2020 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| February 2020 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| January 2020 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Major |
| July 2018 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| October 2017 | Kerosene | In the water | Significant |
| April 2017 | Pesticides | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bury | – | 8 |
| Heywood | 4.6 km | 8 |
| Rochdale | 8.9 km | 5 |
| Kearsley | 8.0 km | 4 |
| Middleton | 7.8 km | 4 |
| Radcliffe | 3.9 km | 4 |
| Ramsbottom | 4.9 km | 2 |
| Clifton | 8.7 km | 1 |
| Little Lever | 6.1 km | 1 |
| Prestwich | 7.4 km | 1 |