Crap Towns / Runcorn / Pollution incidents
How often does Runcorn get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Runcorn 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 June 2025 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Warrington | 9.6 km | 9 |
| Widnes | 5.6 km | 6 |
| Northwich | 13.4 km | 4 |
| Prescot | 11.9 km | 3 |
| Frodsham | 4.8 km | 2 |
| Runcorn | – | 2 |
| Barnton | 11.2 km | 1 |
| Helsby | 8.4 km | 1 |