Crap Towns / Rothwell / Pollution incidents
How often does Rothwell get polluted?
11 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Rothwell or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 92nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2024 and put odour in the air. Soil and clay turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2024 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2024 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| October 2023 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| April 2023 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| May 2022 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2022 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| February 2022 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 7.3 km | 106 |
| Morley | 7.2 km | 16 |
| Rothwell | – | 11 |
| Wakefield | 7.7 km | 7 |
| Allerton Bywater | 6.8 km | 4 |
| East Ardsley | 5.0 km | 4 |
| Garforth | 8.4 km | 2 |
| Gildersome | 9.3 km | 2 |
| Kippax | 8.0 km | 2 |
| Ossett | 9.8 km | 2 |
| Normanton | 7.5 km | 1 |