Crap Towns / Shelf and Northowram / Pollution incidents
How often does Shelf and Northowram get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Shelf and Northowram 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 November 2024 and put waste oil in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 7.1 km | 51 |
| Elland | 6.2 km | 13 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 8.9 km | 11 |
| Cleckheaton | 7.5 km | 10 |
| Halifax | 4.1 km | 10 |
| Shipley | 10.7 km | 7 |
| Thornton | 5.6 km | 7 |
| Liversedge | 9.2 km | 4 |
| Brighouse | 5.0 km | 3 |
| Queensbury | 3.1 km | 2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | – | 2 |