Crap Towns / Preston / Pollution incidents
How often does Preston get polluted?
17 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Preston or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 40th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2026 and put grey water in the water. Smoke turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Grey water | In the water | Significant |
| October 2025 | Detergent | In the water | Major |
| March 2023 | Electrical equipment | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| July 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Smoke | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| February 2022 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| July 2020 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| August 2019 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2019 | General biodegradable material or waste | In the air | Significant |
| June 2019 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| May 2019 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| January 2019 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2018 | General biodegradable material or waste and odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | Dust and odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2018 | Dust and odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2018 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| September 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Leyland | 8.5 km | 24 |
| Preston | – | 17 |
| Bamber Bridge | 5.0 km | 16 |
| Euxton | 11.1 km | 11 |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 13.0 km | 9 |
| Fulwood | 2.4 km | 5 |
| Kirkham | 11.2 km | 4 |
| Cottam | 5.1 km | 3 |
| Longridge | 9.0 km | 2 |
| Penwortham | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Longton | 8.5 km | 1 |