Crap Towns / Hindley / Pollution incidents
How often does Hindley get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hindley 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 June 2025 and put building rubble in the water and on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Building rubble | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| February 2016 | Minewater | In the water | Significant |
| January 2016 | Unidentified oil | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wigan | 5.3 km | 11 |
| Leigh | 4.6 km | 10 |
| Atherton | 5.8 km | 4 |
| Westhoughton | 3.7 km | 4 |
| Hindley | – | 3 |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 6.4 km | 2 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 2.4 km | 2 |
| Golborne | 6.8 km | 1 |
| Horwich | 6.9 km | 1 |