Crap Towns / Wem / Pollution incidents

How often does Wem get polluted?

1 serious pollution incident has been recorded in Wem or within 1 km of it since 2016, one of the 281 English towns with just one. It came in February 2023 and put slurry in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
February 2023SlurryIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Telford25.1 km16
Shrewsbury16.4 km9
Newport25.4 km7
Oswestry22.0 km4
Nantwich27.0 km2
Bayston Hill20.6 km1
Wem–1
Whitchurch12.7 km1