Crap Towns / Wellingborough / Pollution incidents
How often does Wellingborough get polluted?
14 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wellingborough or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 62nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in February 2025 and put smoke in the air. Suspended solids turned up in 5 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| August 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2023 | Food and drink | In the water | Significant |
| March 2022 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| May 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| July 2019 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| November 2018 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| October 2018 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| September 2018 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| March 2018 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| November 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| March 2017 | Cutting oils and vehicle and plant washings | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | – | 14 |
| Rushden | 7.3 km | 13 |
| Northampton | 15.2 km | 12 |
| Kettering | 10.5 km | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | 6.8 km | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | 7.4 km | 3 |
| Earls Barton | 5.4 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 6.6 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 11.7 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 15.0 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 14.0 km | 1 |