Crap Towns / Prescot / Pollution incidents
How often does Prescot get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Prescot or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2025 and put dye and ink in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Dye and ink | In the water | Significant |
| July 2024 | Asbestos, commercial waste, contaminated soil, firefighting run-off and unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| December 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 8.9 km | 14 |
| Kirkby | 9.3 km | 9 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 11.2 km | 6 |
| Widnes | 6.3 km | 6 |
| St Helens | 4.7 km | 4 |
| Huyton with Roby | 4.4 km | 3 |
| Prescot | – | 3 |
| Aintree | 12.5 km | 2 |
| Runcorn | 11.9 km | 2 |
| Haydock | 9.7 km | 1 |