Crap Towns / Towcester / Pollution incidents
How often does Towcester get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Towcester or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2023 and put building rubble in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Building rubble | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | 18.4 km | 12 |
| Northampton | 13.7 km | 12 |
| Brackley | 15.4 km | 6 |
| Towcester | – | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 22.3 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 22.6 km | 1 |
| Daventry | 19.4 km | 1 |
| Newport Pagnell | 18.5 km | 1 |
| Winslow | 21.7 km | 1 |