Crap Towns / Lydiate / Pollution incidents
How often does Lydiate get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Lydiate or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in March 2026 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| December 2022 | Household waste | In the water, on the land and in the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 8.5 km | 16 |
| Kirkby | 6.4 km | 9 |
| Crosby | 6.8 km | 8 |
| Litherland | 6.7 km | 8 |
| Maghull | 1.6 km | 3 |
| Aintree | 4.9 km | 2 |
| Burscough | 10.2 km | 2 |
| Lydiate | – | 2 |