Historic landfill sites in Chorley, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Chorley, Lancashire. covering roughly 67 hectares in total. The largest is Lower Burgh at 22.26 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chorley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Burgh | 22.26 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Former Heapey Linoleum Works | 6.93 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Thomas Witter | 6.83 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| T. Witters Limited | 6.71 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Darlington Sidings | 4.71 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| Lawnwood Tip | 3.89 ha | 1970 | Household |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Tip No.6 | 3.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Coppull Old Hall Farm Tip | 2.19 ha | 1991 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Chorley Service Reservoir | 1.45 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Bury Lane | 1.18 ha | 1983 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Kingsley Tip | 0.93 ha | 1980 | Industrial |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Tip No.4 | 0.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gillibrand Park | 0.7 ha | — | Inert |
| Higher House Lane | 0.69 ha | — | Inert |
| Carwood Farm | 0.67 ha | 1961 | Industrial |
| Talbot Mill | 0.63 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Lowe Farm | 0.42 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Tip No.7 | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Coppull Old Hall Farm | 0.36 ha | 1993 | HouseholdInert |
| Clover Road | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Morris Fold Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Birkacre Mineshaft No.1 | 0.2 ha | 1951 | SpecialIndustrial |
| Royal Ordnance Factory | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cophurst Lane Sand Quarry | 0.2 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Boardsman's Heights | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hawkshead Avenue | 0.11 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Withnell Fold | 0.08 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Chortex Mill | 0.04 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 Chorley?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chorley 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 Chorley?
- 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.