Historic landfill sites in Ashton-under-Lyne
The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around Ashton-under-Lyne. covering roughly 39 hectares in total. The largest is St Albans Street at 16.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ashton-under-Lyne (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans Street | 16.48 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Limehurst Farm | 15.06 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Ashton-Under-Lyne Sewage Effluent Treatment Works | 1.21 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cavendish Street | 1.17 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Land at Croft End Farm | 1.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Piggeries | 0.99 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Cranbrook Road and Robinson Street | 0.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Turner Street Works | 0.62 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Wilshaw Grove | 0.43 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Charles Street | 0.35 ha | 1972 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Cedar Mill | 0.29 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Bardsley Park | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Upper Swineseye Farm | 0.14 ha | — | Industrial |
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- 13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ashton-under-Lyne town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.