Crap Towns / Telford / Pollution incidents
How often does Telford get polluted?
16 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Telford 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 May 2026 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 5 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| December 2024 | Hydrocarbons | In the water | Significant |
| December 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| May 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| March 2024 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| April 2021 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the water, on the land and in the air | Major |
| September 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| July 2018 | Solvents | On the land | Significant |
| May 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| May 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Natural ochre | In the water | Significant |
| January 2016 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Telford | – | 16 |
| Shrewsbury | 19.0 km | 9 |
| Newport | 11.2 km | 7 |
| Bridgnorth | 17.3 km | 2 |
| Shifnal | 7.5 km | 2 |
| Bayston Hill | 20.3 km | 1 |