Crap Towns / Thornaby-on-Tees / Pollution incidents
How often does Thornaby-on-Tees get polluted?
2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Thornaby-on-Tees 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 July 2021 and put microbiological in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| May 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | 5.0 km | 9 |
| Hartlepool | 15.5 km | 8 |
| Billingham | 5.3 km | 7 |
| Eston | 9.0 km | 4 |
| Redcar | 15.1 km | 3 |
| Egglescliffe | 5.3 km | 2 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | – | 2 |
| Guisborough | 15.3 km | 1 |
| Ingleby Barwick | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Yarm | 6.8 km | 1 |