Crap Towns / Crowborough / Pollution incidents

How often does Crowborough get polluted?

2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Crowborough 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 August 2023 and put suspended solids in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
August 2023Suspended solidsIn the waterSignificant
July 2023An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Tonbridge17.9 km6
Royal Tunbridge Wells11.6 km5
Crowborough–2
Pembury15.8 km2
Southborough13.6 km2
Crawley Down18.5 km1
East Grinstead14.9 km1
Edenbridge18.0 km1
Heathfield11.5 km1
Rusthall and Langton Green9.5 km1
Uckfield10.4 km1