Crap Towns / Cramlington / Pollution incidents
How often does Cramlington get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Cramlington or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2025 and put suspended solids in the water. Suspended solids turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| January 2025 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| February 2023 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2021 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Chemical odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| March 2016 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Longbenton | 7.4 km | 9 |
| Cramlington | – | 8 |
| Killingworth | 5.5 km | 6 |
| Ashington | 10.3 km | 2 |
| Wideopen | 5.2 km | 2 |