Crap Towns / Devizes / Pollution incidents
How often does Devizes get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Devizes or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2026 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| October 2025 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| April 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Calne | 9.6 km | 15 |
| Chippenham | 15.4 km | 8 |
| Warminster | 21.0 km | 6 |
| Devizes | – | 4 |
| Trowbridge | 15.1 km | 4 |
| Westbury | 17.4 km | 4 |
| Corsham | 16.8 km | 3 |
| Marlborough | 19.3 km | 3 |
| Melksham | 10.5 km | 3 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 22.1 km | 2 |