Crap Towns / Haydock / Pollution incidents

How often does Haydock get polluted?

1 serious pollution incident has been recorded in Haydock or within 1 km of it since 2016, one of the 281 English towns with just one. It came in October 2021 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
October 2021An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Wigan8.6 km11
Newton-le-Willows3.3 km6
St Helens5.0 km4
Hindley9.7 km3
Ashton-in-Makerfield3.3 km2
Ince-in-Makerfield8.5 km2
Golborne6.2 km1
Haydock–1
Orrell7.7 km1