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How often does Chesterfield get polluted?

23 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Chesterfield or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 25th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Noise turned up in 13 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
June 2025Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
September 2023Crude sewageIn the waterMajor
September 2021Suspended solidsIn the waterSignificant
June 2021MicrobiologicalIn the waterSignificant
January 2021An unidentified pollutantIn the airSignificant
January 2020MinewaterIn the waterSignificant
May 2019Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
April 2019Contaminated water and suspended solidsIn the waterMajor
February 2018NoiseIn the airSignificant
October 2017Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
July 2017SlurryIn the waterSignificant
June 2017NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2017NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2017NoiseIn the airSignificant
November 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
October 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
September 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
July 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
June 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
May 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2016NoiseIn the airSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Chesterfield–23
Brimington3.2 km19
Staveley5.5 km7
Clay Cross8.4 km2
Eckington8.6 km2
Killamarsh12.2 km2
Clowne12.4 km1
Wingerworth4.3 km1