Crap Towns / Irthlingborough / Pollution incidents
How often does Irthlingborough get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Irthlingborough 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 November 2023 and put chemically contaminated run-off in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | Petrol | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 6.6 km | 14 |
| Rushden | 4.4 km | 13 |
| Corby | 18.9 km | 10 |
| Kettering | 10.9 km | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | 6.3 km | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | 2.5 km | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 11.6 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | – | 2 |
| Raunds | 5.1 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 17.0 km | 2 |