Crap Towns / Uttoxeter / Pollution incidents

How often does Uttoxeter get polluted?

2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Uttoxeter or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2019 and put unidentified oil in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
November 2019Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
July 2019SlurryIn the waterMajor
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Stoke-on-Trent21.2 km16
Stafford19.3 km9
Burton upon Trent18.6 km4
Cheadle12.5 km2
Rugeley16.1 km2
Uttoxeter–2
Hilton16.5 km1
Stone18.3 km1