Crap Towns / Morpeth / Pollution incidents
How often does Morpeth get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Morpeth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in January 2026 and put chemically contaminated run-off in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| April 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| January 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Cramlington | 10.7 km | 8 |
| Killingworth | 15.9 km | 6 |
| Morpeth | – | 5 |
| Ashington | 8.6 km | 2 |
| Wideopen | 14.0 km | 2 |
| Ponteland | 14.5 km | 1 |