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How often does Yeadon get polluted?

26 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Yeadon or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 19th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in January 2024 and put contaminated water in the water. Noise turned up in 23 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
January 2024Contaminated waterIn the waterSignificant
May 2022NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2022NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2022NoiseIn the airSignificant
January 2022NoiseIn the airMajor
October 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
September 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
August 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
July 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
June 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
June 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
June 2021An unidentified pollutantIn the airMajor
May 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
March 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
February 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
January 2021NoiseIn the airSignificant
December 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
November 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
October 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
September 2020NoiseIn the airSignificant
April 2016Chemically contaminated run-offIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Leeds10.2 km106
Bradford10.5 km51
Pudsey7.3 km40
Yeadon–26
Guiseley3.0 km25
Shipley7.7 km7
Baildon7.4 km5
Menston5.2 km4
Otley4.7 km1
Rawdon2.3 km1