Crap Towns / Fleetwood / Pollution incidents
How often does Fleetwood get polluted?
14 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Fleetwood or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 62nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2025 and put storm sewage in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 10 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2025 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2025 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| January 2025 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| May 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Major |
| February 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| January 2021 | Specific waste material | On the land | Significant |
| April 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | – | 14 |
| Heysham | 18.5 km | 5 |
| Thornton | 4.4 km | 5 |
| Kirkham | 18.3 km | 4 |
| Lancaster | 21.7 km | 4 |
| Blackpool | 12.9 km | 2 |
| Cleveleys | 3.4 km | 2 |
| Morecambe | 20.9 km | 2 |
| Garstang | 16.4 km | 1 |
| Lytham St Anne's | 18.1 km | 1 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 7.7 km | 1 |