Crap Towns / East Cowes / Pollution incidents
How often does East Cowes get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in East Cowes or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2026 and put chemically contaminated run-off and suspended solids in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Chemically contaminated run-off and suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| May 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| May 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| August 2016 | Process effluent | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Locks Heath | 12.1 km | 5 |
| Cowes | 2.2 km | 4 |
| East Cowes | – | 4 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 9.0 km | 3 |
| Ryde | 9.1 km | 3 |
| Holbury | 11.5 km | 2 |
| Blackfield and Langley | 9.5 km | 1 |
| Fareham | 12.5 km | 1 |
| Gosport | 10.6 km | 1 |
| Sandown | 13.6 km | 1 |