Crap Towns / Clay Cross / Pollution incidents

How often does Clay Cross get polluted?

2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Clay Cross or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2022 and put dye and ink in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
January 2022Dye and inkIn the waterSignificant
March 2019An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Chesterfield8.4 km23
Brimington9.9 km19
Somercotes and Swanwick10.3 km6
Alfreton8.1 km5
South Normanton and Pinxton9.3 km4
Matlock9.5 km3
Clay Cross–2
Huthwaite8.5 km2
Wingerworth4.1 km1