Crap Towns / Winsford / Pollution incidents

How often does Winsford get polluted?

2 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Winsford or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 475th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2024 and put commercial waste, building rubble, organic chemical or product and vegetable cuttings and deposits on the land.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
August 2024Commercial waste, building rubble, organic chemical or product and vegetable cuttings and depositsOn the landSignificant
September 2018An unidentified pollutantIn the waterMajor
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