Crap Towns / Folkestone / Pollution incidents
How often does Folkestone get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Folkestone or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2022 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2018 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| June 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford | 19.1 km | 16 |
| Canterbury | 21.8 km | 7 |
| Herne | 29.8 km | 5 |
| Dover | 12.8 km | 4 |
| Folkestone | – | 3 |
| Deal | 23.0 km | 2 |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 17.2 km | 2 |
| Aylesham | 16.5 km | 1 |
| Hythe | 4.5 km | 1 |