Historic landfill sites in Colne, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Colne, Lancashire. covering roughly 44 hectares in total. The largest is Bunkers Hill, Land between M65 to North Valley Road at 11.15 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Colne (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunkers Hill, Land between M65 to North Valley Road | 11.15 ha | 1989 | HouseholdInert |
| Catlow Quarry | 8.65 ha | 1977 | Household |
| Burwains Quarry | 4.18 ha | 1990 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Burwains Quarry | 4.18 ha | 1990 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Knotts Lane | 3.49 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sansbury Quarry | 3.06 ha | 1990 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Noyna Quarry | 2.17 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Coal Wharf | 2.09 ha | 1955 | Household |
| Byron Road | 2.04 ha | 1966 | Inert |
| Gib Clough Head Farm | 0.84 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Dry Clough Farm | 0.47 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Foulridge Municipal | 0.3 ha | 1947 | HouseholdInert |
| Barrowford Road Refuse Tip | 0.2 ha | 1971 | Commercial |
| Birchenlee Foundry | 0.2 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Coal Pit Meadow | 0.2 ha | 1990 | Industrial |
| Skipton Old Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Red Scar | 0.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Site of Former Gas Holder | 0.05 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Cock Leach | 0.04 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 Colne?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Colne 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 Colne?
- 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.