Crap Towns / Lambeth / Pollution incidents
How often does Lambeth get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Lambeth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2025 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| September 2023 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| September 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| September 2019 | Storm sewage | In the water and in the air | Significant |
| June 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Merton | 7.3 km | 18 |
| Lewisham | 6.8 km | 11 |
| Southwark | 3.8 km | 9 |
| Wandsworth | 4.7 km | 8 |
| Tower Hamlets | 9.0 km | 7 |
| Lambeth | – | 5 |
| Westminster | 7.2 km | 5 |
| City of London | 7.0 km | 1 |