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How often does Kingston upon Hull get polluted?

28 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Kingston upon Hull or within 1 km of it since 2016, the 15th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in September 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Noise turned up in 19 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
September 2025An unidentified pollutantIn the waterMajor
June 2025Firefighting run-off and smokeIn the airMajor
May 2025Firefighting run-off and smokeIn the airMajor
August 2022An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
November 2021Firefighting run-offIn the airSignificant
June 2021DustOn the land and in the airSignificant
September 2020SmokeIn the airSignificant
August 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
July 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
June 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
January 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
December 2019Atmospheric pollutant or effectIn the airSignificant
December 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
September 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
September 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2019SmokeIn the airSignificant
March 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
January 2019NoiseIn the airSignificant
November 2018NoiseIn the airSignificant
July 2018NoiseIn the airSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Willerby and Anlaby7.5 km31
Cottingham5.8 km29
Kingston upon Hull–28
Brough15.1 km4
Barton-upon-Humber11.2 km2
Beverley10.7 km1
Hessle8.7 km1
Immingham18.4 km1