Crap Towns / Swinton / Pollution incidents
How often does Swinton get polluted?
16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Swinton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 43rd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Dust turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2021 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| September 2021 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| August 2020 | Atmospheric pollutant or effect | In the air | Significant |
| May 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| April 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Noise | In the air | Major |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| June 2018 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| May 2018 | Dust | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| May 2017 | Smoke | In the air | Major |
| April 2016 | Noise | In the air | Significant |
| March 2016 | Dust | In the air | Significant |
| January 2016 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Swinton | – | 16 |
| Wath upon Dearne | 2.6 km | 14 |
| Bolton upon Dearne | 4.0 km | 9 |
| Rotherham | 6.5 km | 9 |
| Goldthorpe | 5.2 km | 3 |
| Rawmarsh | 3.2 km | 3 |
| Mexborough | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 4.0 km | 1 |