Crap Towns / Ludlow / Pollution incidents

How often does Ludlow get polluted?

3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Ludlow or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2022 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
August 2022An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
October 2020Silage liquorsIn the waterSignificant
August 2020An unidentified pollutantIn the waterMajor
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Shrewsbury38.1 km9
Stourport-on-Severn29.6 km8
Hereford35.0 km4
Kidderminster31.5 km3
Ludlow–3
Bridgnorth27.0 km2
Bayston Hill34.2 km1
Bewdley27.3 km1