Crap Towns / Longbenton / Pollution incidents
How often does Longbenton get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Longbenton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in January 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the air. Soil and clay turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| February 2023 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Inorganic chemical or product and organic chemical or product | In the water | Major |
| August 2020 | Chemically contaminated run-off and suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | Contaminated water and suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| May 2018 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2018 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| February 2018 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 5.2 km | 14 |
| Longbenton | – | 9 |
| Cramlington | 7.4 km | 8 |
| Killingworth | 1.9 km | 6 |
| Tynemouth | 6.9 km | 2 |
| Wallsend | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Wideopen | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Hebburn | 6.5 km | 1 |