Crap Towns / Deal / Pollution incidents
How often does Deal get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Deal 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 January 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| January 2024 | Crude sewage and slurry | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Margate | 17.8 km | 34 |
| Canterbury | 22.6 km | 7 |
| Herne | 23.7 km | 5 |
| Broadstairs | 16.7 km | 4 |
| Dover | 11.4 km | 4 |
| Folkestone | 23.0 km | 3 |
| Deal | – | 2 |
| Ramsgate | 13.8 km | 2 |
| Aylesham | 13.1 km | 1 |