Crap Towns / Tonbridge / Pollution incidents
How often does Tonbridge get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Tonbridge or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2025 and put solvents in the water. Algae turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Solvents | In the water | Significant |
| August 2025 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| July 2025 | Algae | In the water | Significant |
| August 2022 | Algae | In the water | Major |
| August 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| March 2019 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge | – | 6 |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 7.0 km | 5 |
| Paddock Wood | 7.8 km | 2 |
| Pembury | 6.0 km | 2 |
| Sevenoaks | 11.4 km | 2 |
| Southborough | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Edenbridge | 15.4 km | 1 |
| Otford and Kemsing | 14.6 km | 1 |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 8.5 km | 1 |