Crap Towns / Hyde / Pollution incidents
How often does Hyde get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Hyde 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 August 2026 and put household waste on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| February 2026 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Audenshaw | 4.5 km | 4 |
| Denton | 3.1 km | 4 |
| Hadfield | 5.6 km | 3 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 5.0 km | 2 |
| Dukinfield | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Hyde | – | 2 |
| Romiley | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Hattersley | 2.7 km | 1 |
| Stalybridge | 4.2 km | 1 |