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Clean-up of 'deliberate' lake oil spill continues

Alex Pope
News imageGoogle Oakley Vale Lake, showing a large lake with water, a road in front, with a low railing, a post, and trees in the distance. There are reeds around the lake and houses in the distance to the right and at the back of the image. Google
North Northamptonshire Council said it was cleaning up the oil at the lake in Corby

The clean-up of a lake after a "deliberate oil dump" is continuing, a council has said.

North Northamptonshire Council said the contamination was discovered at Oakley Vale Lake, Corby, on Friday and that it did not believe it had had an adverse effect on the lake's fish.

It is the third time an incident like this has happened, as oil was also spilt in the same location in November 2025 and March 2024.

The local authority said it did not know who was responsible and that it continued to monitor the swans at the lake.

News imageNorth Northamptonshire Council A man's legs, wearing blue trousers, standing by water, with oil in it. It is a brick-built water culvert, with reeds and grasses on either side of the bank. North Northamptonshire Council
Oil was found in the lake in March 2024

It said its contractors had deployed booms and mats as part of the clean-up and warned people to keep their dogs and children away from the water.

In a separate incident in the county, an oil spill was reported beside the A14 near Woodford in December 2025.

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