Crap Towns / Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock / Pollution incidents
How often does Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| February 2025 | Building rubble, contaminated building rubble, inert material or waste, rocks and gravel and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| April 2020 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| January 2020 | Acids and fumes | In the air | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Swanscombe | 4.0 km | 6 |
| Tilbury | 5.8 km | 5 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | – | 4 |
| Dartford | 5.2 km | 3 |
| Grays | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Northfleet | 6.2 km | 3 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 2.2 km | 3 |
| Aveley | 3.2 km | 2 |
| South Ockendon | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Stone | 4.3 km | 1 |