Crap Towns / Wingate / Pollution incidents

How often does Wingate get polluted?

1 serious pollution incident has been recorded in Wingate or within 1 km of it since 2016, one of the 281 English towns with just one. It was major, the worst kind. It came in May 2017 and put crude sewage in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
May 2017Crude sewageIn the waterMajor
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Hartlepool11.4 km8
Durham14.1 km7
Peterlee3.6 km3
Horden5.3 km2
Houghton-le-Spring13.8 km2
Easington6.8 km1
Ferryhill12.4 km1
Wingate–1