Crap Towns / Market Harborough / Pollution incidents
How often does Market Harborough get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Market Harborough or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in March 2026 and put unidentified oil on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Unidentified oil | On the land | Significant |
| August 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| May 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Corby | 15.9 km | 10 |
| Kettering | 16.3 km | 7 |
| Market Harborough | – | 4 |
| Desborough | 7.9 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 10.0 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 17.0 km | 1 |
| Countesthorpe | 17.6 km | 1 |