Crap Towns / Huddersfield / Pollution incidents
How often does Huddersfield get polluted?
11 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Huddersfield or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 92nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2025 and put inorganic chemical or product in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| September 2024 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| January 2022 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| September 2021 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2020 | Paint | In the water | Significant |
| March 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| February 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| January 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Elland | 5.2 km | 13 |
| Huddersfield | – | 11 |
| Cleckheaton | 9.9 km | 10 |
| Honley | 6.9 km | 5 |
| Heckmondwike | 10.7 km | 4 |
| Liversedge | 8.9 km | 4 |
| Meltham | 7.0 km | 4 |
| Brighouse | 6.3 km | 3 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 5.5 km | 3 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 10.8 km | 2 |