Crap Towns / Sandhurst / Pollution incidents
How often does Sandhurst get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Sandhurst 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 July 2026 and put algae in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Algae | In the water | Major |
| October 2022 | Smoke | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| March 2016 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | 7.1 km | 8 |
| Bracknell | 6.9 km | 7 |
| Camberley | 3.9 km | 6 |
| Yateley | 3.9 km | 4 |
| Blackwater | 1.7 km | 3 |
| Sandhurst | – | 3 |
| Crowthorne | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Frimley | 5.0 km | 2 |
| Lightwater | 7.5 km | 2 |
| Wokingham | 6.9 km | 2 |