Crap Towns / Skegness / Pollution incidents
How often does Skegness get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Skegness or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2022 and put commercial waste, contaminated building rubble, electrical equipment, metal wastes and inert material or waste on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Commercial waste, contaminated building rubble, electrical equipment, metal wastes and inert material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| July 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| King's Lynn | 42.9 km | 8 |
| Skegness | – | 3 |
| Boston | 29.6 km | 2 |
| Louth | 32.8 km | 2 |
| Mablethorpe | 22.5 km | 2 |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 17.8 km | 2 |
| Holbeach | 42.9 km | 1 |
| Horncastle | 30.2 km | 1 |