Crap Towns / Horsham / Pollution incidents
How often does Horsham get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Horsham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in September 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | Fuel oil | On the land | Significant |
| May 2019 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Crawley | 11.1 km | 15 |
| Horley | 16.2 km | 12 |
| Horsham | – | 6 |
| Dorking | 18.0 km | 3 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Cranleigh | 14.2 km | 1 |
| Crawley Down | 17.9 km | 1 |
| Haywards Heath | 17.4 km | 1 |
| Southwater | 4.5 km | 1 |