Historic landfill sites in Crewe, Cheshire East
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Crewe, Cheshire East. covering roughly 178 hectares in total. The largest is Maw Green at 63.2 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Crewe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maw Green | 63.2 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hough Mill Quarry South Landfill Site | 37.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Site of Old Sewage Disposal Works | 17.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pyms Lane Phase 2 | 11.22 ha | 1986 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crewe Borough Council, Refuse Disposal Works | 9.72 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Part of Bradeley Hall Farm | 7.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Yew Tree Farm | 4.48 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHousehold |
| British Railways Tip | 4.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wistaston Effluent Treatment Works | 3.38 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Snape Farm | 2.96 ha | — | Inert |
| Church Farm | 2.83 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Weston Hall Farm | 2.52 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Meremoor Farm | 2.16 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Rolls Royce Tip | 2.06 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Lea Forge Mill | 1.94 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Yew Tree Farm | 1.31 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Sllaughter Hill | 1.06 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Snape Farm | 0.86 ha | — | Inert |
| Land Off Maw Green Road | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lea Farm Tip | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Gonsley Green Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wistaston Green Road | 0.19 ha | — | Household |
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 Crewe?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Crewe 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 Crewe?
- 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.