Crap Towns / Strensall / Pollution incidents
How often does Strensall get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Strensall 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 April 2025 and put crude sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2021 | Storm sewage | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| December 2017 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| York | 9.5 km | 9 |
| Pocklington | 20.5 km | 3 |
| Strensall | – | 3 |
| Haxby | 3.6 km | 2 |
| Huntington | 5.5 km | 2 |
| Malton | 19.2 km | 1 |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 19.2 km | 1 |
| Tadcaster | 23.4 km | 1 |
| Wetherby | 25.9 km | 1 |