Crap Towns / Hebden Bridge / Pollution incidents
How often does Hebden Bridge get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hebden Bridge 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 June 2023 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Agricultural material or waste | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bacup | 13.4 km | 13 |
| Elland | 13.5 km | 13 |
| Halifax | 8.7 km | 10 |
| Thornton | 12.3 km | 7 |
| Whitworth | 14.7 km | 4 |
| Todmorden | 6.9 km | 3 |
| Haworth | 10.9 km | 2 |
| Hebden Bridge | – | 2 |
| Queensbury | 10.9 km | 2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 12.3 km | 2 |
| Littleborough | 12.6 km | 1 |