Crap Towns / Desborough / Pollution incidents
How often does Desborough get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Desborough 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 September 2023 and put building rubble and soil and clay on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Building rubble and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| March 2016 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 17.5 km | 14 |
| Corby | 10.4 km | 10 |
| Kettering | 8.4 km | 7 |
| Market Harborough | 7.9 km | 4 |
| Burton Latimer | 13.0 km | 3 |
| Desborough | – | 2 |
| Earls Barton | 20.3 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 19.3 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 14.2 km | 1 |