Crap Towns / Caversham / Pollution incidents
How often does Caversham get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Caversham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in August 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Unidentified oil turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| September 2022 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2019 | Detergent | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.1 km | 13 |
| Caversham | – | 4 |
| Wokingham | 12.4 km | 2 |
| Woodley | 5.3 km | 2 |
| Henley-on-Thames | 7.2 km | 1 |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 9.1 km | 1 |
| Twyford | 7.5 km | 1 |