Crap Towns / Higham Ferrers / Pollution incidents
How often does Higham Ferrers get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Higham Ferrers 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 February 2025 and put crude sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2023 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | Petrol | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 7.4 km | 14 |
| Rushden | 2.2 km | 13 |
| Kettering | 13.3 km | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | 8.6 km | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | – | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 11.7 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 5.2 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 19.3 km | 2 |