Crap Towns / Castle Donington / Pollution incidents

How often does Castle Donington get polluted?

3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Castle Donington 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 February 2025 and put chemically contaminated run-off in the water. Chemically contaminated run-off turned up in 2 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
February 2025Chemically contaminated run-offIn the waterSignificant
February 2021Chemically contaminated run-offIn the waterSignificant
September 2019Suspended solidsIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Derby11.1 km7
Beeston11.5 km6
Long Eaton6.5 km5
Loughborough11.9 km4
Castle Donington–3
Sandiacre9.2 km2
Stapleford10.9 km2
Borrowash7.4 km1
Breaston and Draycott6.5 km1
East Leake11.2 km1