Crap Towns / Gillingham / Pollution incidents
How often does Gillingham get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Gillingham 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 April 2024 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| November 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2017 | Contaminated building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne | 11.0 km | 13 |
| Sheerness | 14.5 km | 6 |
| Chatham | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Gillingham | – | 3 |
| Rochester | 7.2 km | 3 |
| Bearsted | 10.4 km | 2 |
| Maidstone | 11.2 km | 2 |
| Snodland | 10.5 km | 1 |