Crap Towns / Cottingham / Pollution incidents
How often does Cottingham get polluted?
29 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Cottingham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the 14th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in September 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the air.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| May 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| September 2024 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| February 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| November 2023 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| May 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| April 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| December 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| November 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| October 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| September 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| August 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| May 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| April 2022 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| February 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| January 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| November 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| October 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2016 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Willerby and Anlaby | 4.1 km | 31 |
| Cottingham | – | 29 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 5.8 km | 28 |
| Brough | 11.3 km | 4 |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 11.2 km | 2 |
| Beverley | 6.6 km | 1 |
| Hessle | 7.0 km | 1 |
| Immingham | 23.1 km | 1 |