Crap Towns / March / Pollution incidents

How often does March get polluted?

3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in March or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2024 and put diesel in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
April 2024DieselIn the waterSignificant
October 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
August 2020An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Whittlesey14.0 km19
Wisbech13.6 km12
Peterborough23.5 km11
March–3
Ramsey17.8 km2
Yaxley23.8 km2
Chatteris11.3 km1
Ely20.8 km1