Historic landfill sites in Denton
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Denton. covering roughly 113 hectares in total. The largest is Dunkirk Lane at 18.54 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Denton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkirk Lane | 18.54 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Denton Hall Farm (Denton IV) | 16.46 ha | 1985 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| St Anne's Road | 15.35 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Guide Lane Brickworks | 10.34 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Land West of M66 between | 6.88 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Sites south-east and south-west of M66 River Tame Bridge | 6.16 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Hyde Hall Farm | 5.41 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Turner Lane No 1 | 4.65 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Land to the South East and South West of the M66 at the River Tame Bridge | 4.5 ha | — | Inert |
| Blackberry Lane | 3.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjoining Arden Hall and Castle Farm | 2.87 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Alpha Playing Fields | 2.7 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Denton Four | 2.69 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hyde Hall Farm | 2.26 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Audenshaw Curve Railway | 1.97 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Turner Lane No.2 | 1.93 ha | 1973 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Gorby Road | 1.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Site Adjacent To M66 Motorway | 1.28 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Ashton Road Landfill | 1.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Denton Five | 1.13 ha | — | Inert |
| Globe Lane | 0.91 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Crookhilly Wood Farm | 0.26 ha | 1972 | Industrial |
| Audenshaw Railway | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greencycle | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Between Alpha fields and A57 | 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 Denton?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Denton 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 Denton?
- 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.