Crap Towns / Hadleigh / Pollution incidents
How often does Hadleigh get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hadleigh or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2022 and put kerosene on the land. Natural organic material turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Kerosene | On the land | Significant |
| July 2018 | Natural organic material and urban run-off | In the water | Major |
| July 2018 | Natural organic material and contaminated water | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 12.8 km | 6 |
| Hadleigh | – | 3 |
| Needham Market | 13.8 km | 3 |
| Stowmarket | 15.7 km | 2 |
| Colchester | 17.6 km | 1 |
| Harwich | 24.3 km | 1 |
| Sudbury | 15.4 km | 1 |
| Woodbridge | 24.4 km | 1 |