Crap Towns / Swanage / Pollution incidents
How often does Swanage get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Swanage 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 May 2017 and put storm sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | 12.5 km | 8 |
| Bournemouth | 15.6 km | 6 |
| Christchurch | 21.1 km | 3 |
| Corfe Mullen | 17.2 km | 3 |
| Wimborne Minster | 21.2 km | 3 |
| Wool | 21.4 km | 3 |
| Ferndown | 21.7 km | 2 |
| Swanage | – | 2 |
| Merley | 18.6 km | 1 |
| Wareham | 13.4 km | 1 |