Crap Towns / Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay / Pollution incidents
How often does Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| May 2024 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| September 2022 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| January 2020 | Landfill odour | In the air | Major |
| May 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Cannock | 4.5 km | 16 |
| Willenhall | 7.6 km | 14 |
| Aldridge | 9.0 km | 13 |
| Brownhills | 6.4 km | 13 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 7.2 km | 13 |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | – | 7 |
| Bloxwich | 5.6 km | 4 |
| Featherstone | 5.8 km | 2 |
| Norton Canes | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Pelsall | 4.7 km | 1 |