Crap Towns / Swanscombe / Pollution incidents
How often does Swanscombe get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Swanscombe or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in July 2025 and put final effluent in the water. Final effluent turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| June 2025 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| June 2025 | Final effluent | In the water | Significant |
| May 2025 | Process effluent | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Commercial waste, contaminated building rubble and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2018 | Mineral materials and wastes | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Swanscombe | – | 6 |
| Tilbury | 4.4 km | 5 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 4.0 km | 4 |
| Dartford | 4.6 km | 3 |
| Gravesend | 6.0 km | 3 |
| Grays | 4.5 km | 3 |
| Northfleet | 2.8 km | 3 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 4.4 km | 3 |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 6.6 km | 1 |
| Stone | 2.5 km | 1 |