Crap Towns / Trowbridge / Pollution incidents
How often does Trowbridge get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Trowbridge or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Detergent | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Chippenham | 15.7 km | 8 |
| Warminster | 13.6 km | 6 |
| Frome | 13.4 km | 5 |
| Devizes | 15.1 km | 4 |
| Trowbridge | – | 4 |
| Westbury | 6.9 km | 4 |
| Corsham | 11.7 km | 3 |
| Melksham | 7.4 km | 3 |
| Bath | 13.2 km | 2 |