Crap Towns / King's Lynn / Pollution incidents
How often does King's Lynn get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in King's Lynn or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in October 2025 and put building rubble and inert material or waste on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Building rubble and inert material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| May 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2021 | General biodegradable material or waste | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| March 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2016 | Food and drink | In the water | Significant |
| February 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wisbech | 20.1 km | 12 |
| King's Lynn | – | 8 |
| March | 32.1 km | 3 |
| Watton | 35.2 km | 3 |
| Dereham | 36.9 km | 1 |
| Holbeach | 27.9 km | 1 |