Crap Towns / Hadfield / Pollution incidents
How often does Hadfield get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hadfield 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 May 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| April 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Denton | 8.7 km | 4 |
| Glossop | 3.2 km | 3 |
| Hadfield | – | 3 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 8.2 km | 2 |
| Dukinfield | 6.9 km | 2 |
| Hyde | 5.6 km | 2 |
| Romiley | 7.7 km | 2 |
| Hattersley | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Marple | 8.8 km | 1 |
| Stalybridge | 4.9 km | 1 |