Crap Towns / Great Yarmouth / Pollution incidents
How often does Great Yarmouth get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Great Yarmouth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2025 and put organic chemical or product in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 30.5 km | 25 |
| Lowestoft | 14.2 km | 8 |
| Bradwell | 3.1 km | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | – | 2 |
| Hemsby | 11.4 km | 2 |
| Caister-on-Sea | 5.2 km | 1 |
| North Walsham | 33.7 km | 1 |
| Poringland | 26.7 km | 1 |