Crap Towns / Letchworth / Pollution incidents
How often does Letchworth get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Letchworth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2026 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2026 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| June 2024 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| July 2023 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| March 2023 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Hitchin | 4.4 km | 9 |
| Letchworth | – | 6 |
| Stevenage | 8.1 km | 3 |
| Baldock | 2.7 km | 2 |
| Stotfold | 4.0 km | 2 |