Historic landfill sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness. covering roughly 119 hectares in total. The largest is Central Electricity Generating Board at 28.09 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Barrow-in-Furness (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Electricity Generating Board | 28.09 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| South Walney Stage 1 | 19.95 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Roosecote Power Station | 17.39 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Land adjacent to Cavendish Dock and Buccleuch Dock | 10.04 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Upper Ormsgill Reservoir | 7.95 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| North Walney Island | 6.59 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Clay Pit | 6.31 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| South Walney Stage 3 | 4.56 ha | 1987 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Walney Eastern Extension | 3.51 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Lower Ormsgill | 3.37 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| South Walney Eastern Extension Stage 2 | 2.71 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land to the South West of Rampside Road | 2.51 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Rampside Road North | 2.21 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Roosecote Power Station | 1.72 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Salthouse Pool | 1.43 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Timber Pond | 0.2 ha | 1977 | Waste types not recorded |
| Barrow Steel Works | 0.17 ha | 1983 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Whitehead Street | 0.03 ha | 1983 | Inert |
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 Barrow-in-Furness?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Barrow-in-Furness 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 Barrow-in-Furness?
- 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.