Crap Towns / Camberley / Pollution incidents
How often does Camberley get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Camberley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in January 2026 and put sludge in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Sludge | In the water | Significant |
| January 2024 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| September 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Final effluent | On the land | Significant |
| November 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | 6.3 km | 8 |
| Bracknell | 8.3 km | 7 |
| Camberley | – | 6 |
| Yateley | 7.3 km | 4 |
| Blackwater | 4.4 km | 3 |
| Sandhurst | 3.9 km | 3 |
| West End and Chobham | 8.0 km | 3 |
| Crowthorne | 6.1 km | 2 |
| Frimley | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Lightwater | 4.1 km | 2 |