Crap Towns / Chatham / Pollution incidents
How often does Chatham get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Chatham 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 April 2024 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| November 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham | – | 3 |
| Gillingham | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Gravesend | 12.9 km | 3 |
| Rochester | 4.6 km | 3 |
| Bearsted | 10.6 km | 2 |
| Maidstone | 10.2 km | 2 |
| Snodland | 7.3 km | 1 |