Crap Towns / Radstock / Pollution incidents
How often does Radstock get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Radstock or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in March 2025 and put firefighting run-off, waste oil and smoke in the air. Noise turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Firefighting run-off, waste oil and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| November 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Major |
| August 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| May 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Frome | 11.4 km | 5 |
| Shepton Mallet | 13.2 km | 5 |
| Radstock | – | 4 |
| Trowbridge | 18.0 km | 4 |
| Midsomer Norton | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Bath | 11.7 km | 2 |
| Keynsham | 13.7 km | 2 |
| Paulton | 3.8 km | 1 |