Crap Towns / Corby / Pollution incidents
How often does Corby get polluted?
10 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Corby or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 106th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in August 2026 and put smoke in the air. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| October 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2025 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| August 2025 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| May 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| May 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2017 | Vegetable washings | In the water | Significant |
| July 2016 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Corby | – | 10 |
| Kettering | 10.6 km | 7 |
| Market Harborough | 15.9 km | 4 |
| Burton Latimer | 14.1 km | 3 |
| Desborough | 10.4 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 18.9 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 19.2 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 11.1 km | 2 |