Crap Towns / Kirkby / Pollution incidents
How often does Kirkby get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Kirkby or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2025 and put commercial waste, building rubble and household waste on the land. Household waste turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Commercial waste, building rubble and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| August 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| May 2025 | Household waste and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| April 2022 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| December 2020 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| July 2019 | Contaminated building rubble | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| August 2018 | Acids | On the land | Significant |
| June 2017 | Paint | In the water | Significant |
| September 2016 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 8.2 km | 16 |
| Liverpool | 8.3 km | 14 |
| Kirkby | – | 9 |
| Litherland | 7.7 km | 8 |
| Huyton with Roby | 7.4 km | 3 |
| Maghull | 5.2 km | 3 |
| Prescot | 9.3 km | 3 |
| Aintree | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Lydiate | 6.4 km | 2 |