Crap Towns / Dalton-in-Furness / Pollution incidents
How often does Dalton-in-Furness get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Dalton-in-Furness 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 October 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| September 2025 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 28.8 km | 14 |
| Heysham | 22.5 km | 5 |
| Lancaster | 27.5 km | 4 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 5.2 km | 2 |
| Cleveleys | 31.8 km | 2 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | – | 2 |
| Morecambe | 23.9 km | 2 |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 25.5 km | 1 |