Historic landfill sites in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 10 historic landfill sites in and around Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire. covering roughly 42 hectares in total. The largest is Nori Brickworks at 12.72 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Clayton-le-Moors (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nori Brickworks | 12.72 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Nori (Whinney Hill) Quarry | 11.61 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Unity Tip | 6.46 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Altham Sewage Works | 5.86 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Lower Barnes Street | 1.86 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| GEC Engineering (Accrington) Limited | 1.41 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Accrington Brick and Tile Works | 0.67 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Moorfield Industrial Estate | 0.44 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Heys Lane Farm | 0.39 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Bold Venture Farm | 0.2 ha | — | 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 Clayton-le-Moors?
- 10 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Clayton-le-Moors 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 Clayton-le-Moors?
- 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.