Crap Towns / Eston / Pollution incidents

How often does Eston get polluted?

4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Eston 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 June 2026 and put crude sewage on the land.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
June 2026Crude sewageOn the landSignificant
September 2019Atmospheric pollutant or effectIn the airMajor
July 2018OdourIn the airSignificant
June 2018Sulphide odourIn the airSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Middlesbrough4.3 km9
Billingham8.4 km7
Eston–4
Redcar6.7 km3
Saltburn-by-the-Sea11.2 km2
Stockton-on-Tees11.2 km2
Thornaby-on-Tees9.0 km2
Guisborough7.3 km1
Ingleby Barwick11.8 km1
Marske-by-the-Sea8.9 km1