Historic landfill sites in Bootle
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Bootle. covering roughly 54 hectares in total. The largest is Evered Avenue at 8.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bootle (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evered Avenue | 8.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fernhill Road, Fernhill cutting, Langton Branch | 5.05 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Aintree Curve Brickworks | 4.57 ha | 1956 | Inert |
| Sandon Dock | 4.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Canada Dock Goods Yard | 3.98 ha | — | Industrial |
| Former Railway cutting between Rimrose Road and Fernhill Road | 3.56 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Hornby Dock | 3.24 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Former Tillotsons Factory | 3 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| R J Mason Inert Landfill | 2.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Huskissan No.2 Branch Dock | 2.62 ha | — | SpecialInert |
| Alexandra Branch Dock No.1 | 2.21 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Railway Yard between Derby Road And Forth Street / Bankfield Goods Yard | 2.12 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Railway Goods Yard | 1.66 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Havelock Works Landfill | 1.36 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| North Carriers Dock | 1.27 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Brocklebank Graving Dock | 0.9 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Langton Branch Dock Line | 0.88 ha | 1981 | Waste types not recorded |
| Langton Graving Docks | 0.77 ha | 1977 | Waste types not recorded |
| Langton Graving Docks | 0.73 ha | 1977 | 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 Bootle?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bootle 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 Bootle?
- 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.