Crap Towns / Guildford / Pollution incidents
How often does Guildford get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Guildford or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2025 and put crude sewage on the land. Algae turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| August 2024 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| June 2022 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Diesel | In the water | Major |
| April 2019 | Building rubble, contaminated building rubble and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | 12.9 km | 6 |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 10.6 km | 6 |
| Woking | 7.3 km | 6 |
| Guildford | – | 5 |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 12.1 km | 4 |
| Godalming | 7.9 km | 3 |
| West End and Chobham | 11.8 km | 3 |
| Cranleigh | 12.9 km | 1 |
| East Horsley | 10.1 km | 1 |
| Farncombe | 6.1 km | 1 |