Crap Towns / Minster / Pollution incidents
How often does Minster get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Minster 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 February 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| September 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne | 9.5 km | 13 |
| Whitstable | 17.7 km | 9 |
| Sheerness | 3.8 km | 6 |
| Minster | – | 4 |
| Gillingham | 16.7 km | 3 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 16.7 km | 3 |
| Faversham | 13.4 km | 2 |
| Canvey Island | 19.3 km | 1 |
| Rochford | 19.8 km | 1 |