Crap Towns / Rushden / Pollution incidents
How often does Rushden get polluted?
13 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Rushden or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 70th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2025 and put firefighting run-off and smoke in the air. Flies turned up in 6 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Major |
| February 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2023 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2023 | Smoke | In the water, on the land and in the air | Significant |
| November 2018 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| November 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| September 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| August 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| July 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| June 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| May 2017 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| June 2016 | Flies | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 7.3 km | 14 |
| Rushden | – | 13 |
| Kettering | 14.9 km | 7 |
| Bedford | 19.2 km | 6 |
| Burton Latimer | 10.2 km | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | 2.2 km | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 10.7 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 7.2 km | 2 |