Crap Towns / Queensbury / Pollution incidents

How often does Queensbury get polluted?

2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Queensbury or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in August 2020 and put hydrocarbons in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
August 2020HydrocarbonsIn the waterSignificant
January 2020Building rubbleOn the landSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Bradford6.6 km51
Elland8.9 km13
Cleckheaton10.0 km10
Halifax4.7 km10
Shipley9.2 km7
Thornton2.9 km7
Bingley9.9 km3
Brighouse8.0 km3
Haworth9.8 km2
Queensbury–2
Shelf and Northowram3.1 km2