Crap Towns / Lowestoft / Pollution incidents
How often does Lowestoft get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Lowestoft or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2020 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| June 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| May 2017 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| January 2017 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the air | Significant |
| November 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowestoft | – | 8 |
| Bradwell | 11.9 km | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | 14.2 km | 2 |
| Hemsby | 25.4 km | 2 |
| Caister-on-Sea | 19.4 km | 1 |
| Harleston | 29.8 km | 1 |
| Poringland | 28.6 km | 1 |