Crap Towns / Kingswood and Fishponds / Pollution incidents
How often does Kingswood and Fishponds get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Kingswood and Fishponds or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2026 and put dust in the air. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| June 2026 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| May 2022 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| November 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| June 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2019 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 6.7 km | 16 |
| Bradley Stoke | 6.9 km | 8 |
| Filton | 6.8 km | 7 |
| Stoke Gifford | 4.6 km | 7 |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | – | 6 |
| Patchway | 8.2 km | 5 |
| Keynsham | 7.2 km | 2 |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 6.0 km | 1 |
| Yate | 9.3 km | 1 |