Crap Towns / Poole / Pollution incidents
How often does Poole get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Poole or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2025 and put firefighting run-off on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Firefighting run-off | On the land | Significant |
| May 2023 | Firefighting run-off | On the land | Significant |
| February 2023 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Smoke | On the land | Significant |
| March 2022 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| August 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | – | 8 |
| Bournemouth | 5.8 km | 6 |
| Corfe Mullen | 6.4 km | 3 |
| Wimborne Minster | 8.8 km | 3 |
| Ferndown | 9.5 km | 2 |
| Swanage | 12.5 km | 2 |
| Ashley Heath | 14.5 km | 1 |
| Merley | 6.2 km | 1 |
| Wareham | 11.9 km | 1 |
| West Moors | 12.2 km | 1 |