Historic landfill sites in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. covering roughly 51 hectares in total. The largest is Fishwick Callon Tip at 10.19 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bamber Bridge (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishwick Callon Tip | 10.19 ha | 1973 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Brindle Sand Pit | 7.35 ha | 1987 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Chorley Old Road | 5.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gorton Brook Farm | 5.01 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate Tip No.4 Tustin | 4.66 ha | — | Inert |
| Clayton Hall Sand Quarry | 4.16 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Kellet Lane | 2.74 ha | 1978 | Waste types not recorded |
| Wood Barn | 2.05 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Duxon Hill Quarry | 1.59 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate Tip No.3 | 1.54 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate Tip No.2 | 1.36 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| 87 Bank Head Lane | 1.34 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate Tip No.1 | 1.2 ha | 1984 | SpecialInert |
| Farmhouse | 0.37 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Nook Farm | 0.29 ha | — | Inert |
| Higher Barn Farm | 0.25 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Roach Road | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Coupes Foundry | 0.16 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Fishwick Golf Course | 0.15 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Weasel Lane | 0.13 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Oram House Farm | 0.06 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Mill House Farm | 0.04 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Stoney Lane | 0.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Bamber Bridge?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bamber Bridge 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 Bamber Bridge?
- 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.