Why does basingstoke smell

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We chose to focus on smell complaints per capita — this way we can see where in the UK had the most smell complaints, proportional to the local population.

Our entire data set contained , complaints from councils which had a combined population that totalled 58,, This means in the last five years, 1 in every UK residents has submitted a smell complaint to their council. Bassetlaw in North Nottinghamshire scored highly with an average of one complaint for every 62 residents in the last five years.

City of London residents were mostly concerned with the smell of commercial operations near their homes. It is also significant that outside of Swansea in 10 th , all the locations in the top and bottom 10 were in England, despite inclusion of Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish councils in the study. Outside of smells that could not be categorised, the most common categories were domestic, agricultural, and bonfire smells. The council areas that mostly complain about agricultural smells are clustered around the Welsh border and East Midlands, though farming smells are a common complaint in rural Devon and Kent.

The neighbouring cluster of council areas of Tunbridge Wells, Wealden, and Rother all mostly complain about animal smells such as dog faeces, as do large parts of the Welsh Valleys. Domestic smell complaints of the neighbours are common throughout the country, though notably more common in Southern Scotland and around the Gloucester, Wiltshire, and Monmouthshire area.

Council areas that mostly complain about industrial smells are relatively few and far between, though generally these councils are in the North of England; especially around Staffordshire, Boston, and Bradford.

Air quality is the biggest smell complaint on the South Coast from the Isle of Wright to Eastbourne, as well as in parts of Northern Ireland. The majority of council areas that mostly complained about sewage and waste are in the North West of Scotland- Argyll and Bute, Highland, and Eilean Siar councils all received mostly complaints about drainage, sewage, and landfill facilities.

The least smelly year in our study was , though was only smell complaints higher. On average, the combined UK councils have received 23, complaints a year — or an average of 69 complaints per council per year. Moray topped the list of smelly places in Scotland with one complaint per residents.

In 3 rd place was South Ayrshire which generally complained about smells from domestic property, but one resident complained about the smell of local beaches.

By comparison, the least smelly parts of Scotland were Scottish Borders with 51 complaints per capita about one complaint per 2, residents , and Dumfries and Galloway with 69 complaints per capita. Regrettably we could not source information on Edinburgh, but Glasgow City council received 1, complaints in the last five years, or per capita.

Glasgow City ranked 84 th nationally for the most smell complaints per capita. Swansea ranks 10 th nationally, and 1 st in Wales; with one complaint per residents over the last five years. Blaenau Gwent came in 3 rd complaining about domestic smells- the most common specific complaint from this area was about the smell of cannabis.

By comparison, the north of Wales complained far less, despite the fact that our analysis is per capita. Flintshire council only received 66 42 per capita complaints over the last 5 years, and Gwynedd did not have much to complain about either with 65 52 per capita in the same timeframe. It should be noted that Cardiff comes in as the 3 rd least smelly place in Wales, with just 56 smell complaints per capita, or just one complaint per 1, residents.

The city had one complaint per residents over the last five years. Geographically, the least smelly part of the country is arguably Surrey. Or if you fancy staying a little closer to Basingstoke, Wellington Country Park , Dinton Pastures and Alice Holt offer lots to keep the kids entertained. If you love the smell of the beach and the fresh sea air you can be at the coast in about an hour.

There are some lovely beaches and coastal walks. For fantastic views, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth is a must. The bright lights of London can be accessed in 45 minutes by train.