Historic landfill sites in Clitheroe, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Clitheroe, Lancashire. covering roughly 25 hectares in total. The largest is Henthorn Tip at 10.89 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Clitheroe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henthorn Tip | 10.89 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Salt Hills Quarry | 3.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crosshills Quarry | 2.61 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Waddington Brickworks | 1.77 ha | — | Household |
| Stocks Reservoirs ABC | 1.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashworth's Farm | 1.13 ha | 1945 | Waste types not recorded |
| Chatburn | 0.88 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Scott Laithe | 0.69 ha | 1995 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barrow Lake | 0.46 ha | — | Inert |
| Stalwart Dying Company Limited | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newton | 0.27 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Atkinsons of Clitheroe | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Foulden | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Smalden Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bull Hill Farm | 0.18 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Newton Tip | 0.14 ha | — | Commercial |
| Crawshaws Farm | 0.11 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Plane Tree Farm | 0.1 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| E Jackson | 0.06 ha | — | 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 Clitheroe?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Clitheroe 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 Clitheroe?
- 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.