Crap Towns / Slough / Pollution incidents
How often does Slough get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Slough or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in February 2026 and put storm sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Storm sewage | In the water | Major |
| April 2025 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Firefighting run-off | On the land | Significant |
| February 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| September 2021 | Process effluent | In the water | Major |
| September 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Hillingdon | 10.4 km | 31 |
| Slough | – | 6 |
| Maidenhead | 9.5 km | 5 |
| Egham | 10.3 km | 4 |
| Bourne End | 10.4 km | 1 |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 6.5 km | 1 |
| Windsor | 5.8 km | 1 |