Crap Towns / Cleckheaton / Pollution incidents
How often does Cleckheaton get polluted?
10 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Cleckheaton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 106th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2026 and put paint in the water. Detergent turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Paint | In the water | Significant |
| October 2024 | Suspended solids | On the land | Significant |
| February 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2022 | Detergent | In the water | Major |
| April 2022 | General biodegradable material or waste and inert material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| February 2021 | Detergent | In the water | Significant |
| February 2021 | Detergent | In the water | Significant |
| October 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2018 | Food and drink | In the water | Major |
| December 2016 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Dewsbury | 7.1 km | 12 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 3.5 km | 11 |
| Cleckheaton | – | 10 |
| Batley | 5.2 km | 9 |
| Heckmondwike | 3.4 km | 4 |
| Liversedge | 2.2 km | 4 |
| Brighouse | 5.1 km | 3 |
| Drighlington | 5.0 km | 2 |
| Gildersome | 6.6 km | 2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 7.5 km | 2 |