Crap Towns / Ramsbottom / Pollution incidents
How often does Ramsbottom get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Ramsbottom 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 April 2022 and put detergent in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Detergent | In the water | Significant |
| June 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bury | 4.9 km | 8 |
| Heywood | 8.5 km | 8 |
| Rawtenstall | 8.6 km | 8 |
| Bolton | 8.7 km | 5 |
| Kearsley | 10.7 km | 4 |
| Radcliffe | 7.7 km | 4 |
| Whitworth | 10.1 km | 4 |
| Haslingden | 6.5 km | 3 |
| Ramsbottom | – | 2 |
| Little Lever | 8.3 km | 1 |