Crap Towns / Doncaster / Pollution incidents
How often does Doncaster get polluted?
15 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Doncaster or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 58th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2026 and put noise in the air. Flies turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2026 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2023 | Insulating and cable oils | In the water | Significant |
| February 2022 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| December 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| March 2019 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| May 2017 | Metal wastes | On the land | Significant |
| April 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| March 2017 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| December 2016 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| January 2016 | Specific waste material | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | – | 15 |
| Adwick le Street | 8.7 km | 4 |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 5.2 km | 4 |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 5.5 km | 3 |
| Bentley | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Sprotbrough | 5.4 km | 1 |
| Warmsworth | 6.7 km | 1 |