Crap Towns / Stowmarket / Pollution incidents
How often does Stowmarket get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Stowmarket 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 June 2024 and put inorganic chemical or product in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 17.7 km | 6 |
| Thetford | 30.7 km | 5 |
| Bury St Edmunds | 20.6 km | 3 |
| Hadleigh | 15.7 km | 3 |
| Needham Market | 4.9 km | 3 |
| Stowmarket | – | 2 |
| Harleston | 31.6 km | 1 |
| Sudbury | 24.1 km | 1 |
| Woodbridge | 23.7 km | 1 |