Historic landfill sites in Bebington
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Bebington. covering roughly 172 hectares in total. The largest is Otterspool Phase 2 at 31.5 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bebington (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otterspool Phase 2 | 31.5 ha | 1980 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Reclamation Area | 21 ha | 1983 | Waste types not recorded |
| Otterspool Phase 1 | 19.22 ha | 1948 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Otterspool Landfill Site / Jericho South Shore | 11.26 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lubrizol Ltd Landfill Site | 11.02 ha | — | Industrial |
| Hooton Brickworks | 9.28 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Graving Dock No.1, South Reclaimation Area | 7.71 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Hooton Airfield | 7.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Spital Road Tip | 7.08 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Dibbinsdale Brook / Bromborough Pool | 6.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shorefields | 4.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| On Par Golf Club | 4.82 ha | — | Inert |
| Railway Goods Yard / Dibben Meander | 4.72 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Eastham Rake | 4.51 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| R.V. Chemicals Limited | 4.46 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludge |
| Eastham Rake | 4.04 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barney Harding Plant Sub. Station | 2.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bromborough Dock and North Reclaimation Area | 2.5 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Hooton Tip | 2.07 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Port Sunlight Factory (Bromborough Pool etc.) | 1.45 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Port Sunlight Factory Tip / New Chester Road Tip / Culvert Street | 1.39 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludge |
| Smithy Lane | 1.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hooton Works Trading Estate | 0.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Bromborough Power Station | 0.44 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Old Goods Yard | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Oposite Leaswood Cottages | 0.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Bromborough Power Station | 0.14 ha | 1987 | 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 Bebington?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bebington 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 Bebington?
- 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.