Crap Towns / Redhill / Pollution incidents
How often does Redhill get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Redhill or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2026 and put storm sewage in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Storm sewage | In the water | Major |
| November 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| November 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| February 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2020 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| December 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 10.0 km | 22 |
| Horley | 6.3 km | 12 |
| Redhill | – | 8 |
| Dorking | 10.8 km | 3 |
| Reigate | 2.3 km | 3 |
| South Merstham | 3.7 km | 3 |
| Caterham | 8.7 km | 1 |
| Leatherhead | 11.7 km | 1 |