Crap Towns / Whitworth / Pollution incidents
How often does Whitworth get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Whitworth or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in January 2024 and put electrical equipment, household waste, metal wastes, specific waste material, solvents, tyres and vehicle parts on the land. Soil and clay turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Electrical equipment, household waste, metal wastes, specific waste material, solvents, tyres and vehicle parts | On the land | Significant |
| March 2021 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| April 2019 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bacup | 4.7 km | 13 |
| Bury | 10.2 km | 8 |
| Heywood | 8.4 km | 8 |
| Rawtenstall | 8.3 km | 8 |
| Shaw | 10.0 km | 7 |
| Rochdale | 4.7 km | 5 |
| Whitworth | – | 4 |
| Milnrow | 6.7 km | 3 |
| Todmorden | 8.0 km | 3 |
| Ramsbottom | 10.1 km | 2 |
| Littleborough | 5.2 km | 1 |