Historic landfill sites in Droylsden
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Droylsden. covering roughly 86 hectares in total. The largest is Ash Road at 19.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Droylsden (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Road | 19.36 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Matthews Lane | 13.48 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pink Bank Lane | 8.84 ha | 1981 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cooperas Lane | 7.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stockport Branch Canal | 6.09 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Kings Road Depot | 5.13 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Mount Road Plant Site | 4.67 ha | — | Household |
| Gorton Disused Railway Cutting | 3.48 ha | — | Inert |
| Preston Street | 3.31 ha | 1994 | Waste types not recorded |
| High Bank | 2.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Gas Works | 2.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Abbey Hey Lane | 1.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cutting | 1.76 ha | 1979 | SpecialInert |
| Stockport Branch Canal | 1.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of 294 Audenshaw Road | 0.77 ha | — | Industrial |
| Clayton Industrial Estate | 0.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Brookdale Golf Club | 0.62 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Crabtree Forge | 0.59 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Jerico Lodge | 0.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Medlock Vale Farm Inert Landfill Site | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bottom Fields Farm | 0.28 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Vales Lane | 0.07 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 Droylsden?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Droylsden 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 Droylsden?
- 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.