Crap Towns / Middleton / Pollution incidents
How often does Middleton get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Middleton 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 2025 and put crude sewage in the water and on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| September 2022 | Organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| June 2021 | Detergent | In the water | Significant |
| February 2020 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bury | 7.8 km | 8 |
| Heywood | 4.0 km | 8 |
| Shaw | 7.4 km | 7 |
| Failsworth | 6.1 km | 5 |
| Rochdale | 7.1 km | 5 |
| Middleton | – | 4 |
| Chadderton | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Oldham | 6.5 km | 2 |
| Prestwich | 5.8 km | 1 |
| Royton | 5.1 km | 1 |