Crap Towns / Wimborne Minster / Pollution incidents
How often does Wimborne Minster get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wimborne Minster or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2019 and put contaminated building rubble in the water. Suspended solids turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Contaminated building rubble | In the water | Significant |
| January 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| November 2018 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | 8.8 km | 8 |
| Bournemouth | 9.5 km | 6 |
| Verwood | 10.2 km | 4 |
| Corfe Mullen | 6.0 km | 3 |
| Wimborne Minster | – | 3 |
| Ferndown | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Ashley Heath | 9.9 km | 1 |
| Merley | 2.7 km | 1 |
| West Moors | 6.3 km | 1 |