Historic landfill sites in Bradford
The Environment Agency records 64 historic landfill sites in and around Bradford. covering roughly 154 hectares in total. The largest is Wood Ash Pit at 18.56 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bradford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Ash Pit | 18.56 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Odsal Wood Tip | 16.37 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Fenby Avenue Tip | 15.16 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Furness Road Trading Estate | 9.3 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Storr Hill Brick Works | 6.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Off Parkhouse Road | 6.91 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Old Canal Road | 5.5 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Bowling Back Lane | 5.06 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjoining Leeds Road at the junction with Thornsbury Road | 4.5 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Peel Park | 3.81 ha | — | Inert |
| Tip at Beldon Road | 3.55 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Raymond Street | 3.34 ha | 1998 | CommercialInert |
| CEGB Land | 3.23 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Valley Road Holder Station | 2.88 ha | 1978 | CommercialInert |
| Horton Park Depot | 2.6 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Radfield Quarry | 2.45 ha | — | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Brown Royd | 2.34 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Land at Birch Lane | 2.23 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dick Lane | 2.14 ha | — | Inert |
| Reusable Building Supplies | 2.03 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Knowles Park Playing Field | 1.98 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Land at Junction of Brighouse Road | 1.97 ha | 1982 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Gain Lane | 1.9 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Bowling Park | 1.87 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Substation at the Junction of Ripley Street and Newley Street | 1.85 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Hollybank Road/Bartle Lane | 1.8 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to Middle Brook | 1.68 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 1.63 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Land to North of Princeville Road | 1.57 ha | — | Inert |
| Thornbury Squash Club | 1.57 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Ripley Street | 1.08 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Railway Cutting | 1.03 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| CEGB Land at Canal Road Holder Station | 1 ha | 1979 | CommercialInert |
| Laisterdyke Sidings | 0.98 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.94 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Cutlers Height Lane & Railway Cutting | 0.94 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Manor Row | 0.91 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| Wibsey School | 0.9 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Blakehill Quarry | 0.83 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Brooksbank Avenue | 0.78 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Former City Branch Line | 0.73 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| City Branch Line | 0.68 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Former Mill Street Gasworks | 0.63 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Former Railway Cutting | 0.51 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Land at Dirkhill Road | 0.5 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Birkshall Street | 0.49 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Euroway Trading Estate | 0.46 ha | — | Household |
| 602 Sticker Lane | 0.39 ha | 1999 | Inert |
| Land Adjacent to Bull Greave Wood | 0.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Spartan Road | 0.32 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Midland Road | 0.3 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Valley Fields | 0.29 ha | 1981 | CommercialInert |
| Rockhill Lane | 0.28 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Middle Lane Quarry | 0.27 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Havelock Street | 0.25 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land at 310 Sticker Lane | 0.22 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Uppercroft Mills | 0.15 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Midland Mill | 0.14 ha | — | Inert |
| West Riding Demolitions Works | 0.13 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Land Adjacent To Midland Road | 0.11 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Sceptre Garage | 0.11 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Legrams Mills | 0.08 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Sceptre Garage | 0.08 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Haycliffe Road | 0.03 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
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 Bradford?
- 64 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bradford 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 Bradford?
- 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.