Crap Towns / Morecambe / Pollution incidents
How often does Morecambe get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Morecambe 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 December 2023 and put firefighting run-off and smoke in the water, on the land and in the air.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the water, on the land and in the air | Significant |
| September 2017 | Contaminated water | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood | 20.9 km | 14 |
| Heysham | 2.6 km | 5 |
| Thornton | 23.5 km | 5 |
| Lancaster | 3.7 km | 4 |
| Cleveleys | 23.9 km | 2 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 23.9 km | 2 |
| Morecambe | – | 2 |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Garstang | 18.6 km | 1 |