Crap Towns / Newquay / Pollution incidents
How often does Newquay get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Newquay or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2024 | Asbestos, non-metal wastes, specific waste material and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2022 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| August 2022 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| April 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Building rubble and suspended solids | On the land | Significant |
| October 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Falmouth | 29.3 km | 8 |
| Newquay | – | 8 |
| Bodmin | 25.2 km | 4 |
| Camborne | 27.7 km | 3 |
| Penryn | 27.5 km | 3 |
| Wadebridge | 19.6 km | 3 |
| St Austell | 21.1 km | 2 |
| Truro | 16.6 km | 2 |