Crap Towns / Pudsey / Pollution incidents
How often does Pudsey get polluted?
40 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Pudsey or within 1 km of it since 2016, the 7th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in June 2026 and put soil and clay in the water. Noise turned up in 28 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| June 2026 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| May 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2024 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| December 2023 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| February 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| January 2023 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| November 2022 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| November 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| October 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| August 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| July 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| June 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| February 2022 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| December 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| November 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| October 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| August 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| July 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| June 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| April 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| January 2021 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| December 2020 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| November 2020 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| September 2020 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| August 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| July 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| January 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 8.1 km | 106 |
| Bradford | 5.9 km | 51 |
| Pudsey | – | 40 |
| Yeadon | 7.3 km | 26 |
| Morley | 8.2 km | 16 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 5.6 km | 11 |
| Shipley | 6.8 km | 7 |
| Baildon | 8.2 km | 5 |
| Drighlington | 5.5 km | 2 |
| Gildersome | 6.1 km | 2 |
| Rawdon | 5.0 km | 1 |