Crap Towns / Scunthorpe / Pollution incidents
How often does Scunthorpe get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Scunthorpe or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2025 and put chemically contaminated run-off on the land. Unidentified oil turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Chemically contaminated run-off | On the land | Significant |
| August 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| May 2023 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Willerby and Anlaby | 23.2 km | 31 |
| Scunthorpe | – | 5 |
| Brough | 17.1 km | 4 |
| Gainsborough | 21.7 km | 4 |
| Goole | 20.5 km | 4 |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 18.0 km | 2 |
| Thorne | 21.3 km | 2 |
| Brigg | 11.0 km | 1 |
| Hessle | 20.8 km | 1 |
| Moorends | 20.6 km | 1 |