Crap Towns / Wisbech / Pollution incidents
How often does Wisbech get polluted?
12 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wisbech or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 79th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2025 and put specific waste material in the water. Smoke turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Specific waste material | In the water | Significant |
| October 2023 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| June 2022 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| May 2021 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| April 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| February 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | Blood and offal | In the water | Significant |
| April 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| September 2016 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| April 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Whittlesey | 22.7 km | 19 |
| Wisbech | – | 12 |
| King's Lynn | 20.1 km | 8 |
| March | 13.6 km | 3 |
| Spalding | 25.0 km | 2 |
| Chatteris | 24.8 km | 1 |
| Holbeach | 18.6 km | 1 |