Crap Towns / Sittingbourne / Pollution incidents
How often does Sittingbourne get polluted?
13 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Sittingbourne or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 70th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in June 2026 and put smoke in the air. Commercial waste turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| March 2025 | Commercial waste | In the air | Significant |
| March 2025 | Commercial waste | In the air | Significant |
| February 2025 | Commercial waste | In the air | Significant |
| January 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2022 | Metal wastes | In the water | Significant |
| March 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2020 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| August 2020 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| April 2020 | Commercial waste and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| August 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| May 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne | – | 13 |
| Sheerness | 10.0 km | 6 |
| Minster | 9.5 km | 4 |
| Chatham | 14.4 km | 3 |
| Gillingham | 11.0 km | 3 |
| Rochester | 18.0 km | 3 |
| Bearsted | 14.4 km | 2 |
| Faversham | 11.0 km | 2 |
| Maidstone | 17.4 km | 2 |