Crap Towns / Keighley / Pollution incidents
How often does Keighley get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Keighley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in January 2024 and put unidentified oil in the water. Soil and clay turned up in 5 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| March 2020 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| April 2019 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| February 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Major |
| January 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Major |
| January 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Keighley | – | 8 |
| Shipley | 10.4 km | 7 |
| Thornton | 9.6 km | 7 |
| Baildon | 9.3 km | 5 |
| Menston | 11.8 km | 4 |
| Bingley | 5.7 km | 3 |
| Silsden | 5.2 km | 3 |
| Steeton | 4.3 km | 3 |
| Haworth | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Ilkley | 8.4 km | 2 |