Crap Towns / Rochester / Pollution incidents
How often does Rochester get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Rochester or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in April 2024 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| April 2017 | Contaminated building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| October 2016 | Microbiological | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Tilbury | 11.9 km | 5 |
| Chatham | 4.6 km | 3 |
| Gillingham | 7.2 km | 3 |
| Gravesend | 8.6 km | 3 |
| Northfleet | 11.8 km | 3 |
| Rochester | – | 3 |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 12.3 km | 1 |
| Snodland | 7.8 km | 1 |