Historic landfill sites in Elland
The Environment Agency records 58 historic landfill sites in and around Elland. covering roughly 133 hectares in total. The largest is Calder Works at 40.75 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Elland (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calder Works | 40.75 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Woodman Tip | 5.68 ha | 1976 | Inert |
| Lowfields | 5.5 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grange House Quarry | 5.29 ha | — | Industrial |
| Five Acres Quarry | 5.09 ha | 1978 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Birchencliffe Tip | 4.82 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Ash Lagoons, Land at Low Fields | 4.57 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Blue Ball Delph | 4.27 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Milking Hill Tips | 3.7 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hopkinson's Tip | 3.52 ha | 1979 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land at Binns Top | 3.39 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Onecliffe Mills | 3.23 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hopkinsons Tip | 3.01 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Canker Dyke | 2.43 ha | 1977 | HouseholdInert |
| Stainland Road Tip | 2.43 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Ashday Works Tip | 2.16 ha | 1986 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Prince Royd | 1.92 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Elland Power Station | 1.88 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Haughs Road Quarry | 1.71 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Milking Hill Quarry | 1.69 ha | 1978 | CommercialInert |
| Elland Road Gas Works | 1.67 ha | 1976 | IndustrialInert |
| Sunnybank Mills | 1.48 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Whitwell Green Lane | 1.45 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Rawroyds | 1.42 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ash Lagoons, Land at Low Fields | 1.42 ha | 1991 | Industrial |
| Marshall Hall Mills | 1.38 ha | 1977 | Waste types not recorded |
| Pinfold Lane/Dewsbury Road | 1.32 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Greetland Dyeworks | 1.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Ainleys | 1.26 ha | — | Household |
| Old Sludge Lagoon (No.1) | 1.26 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Land west of Lock 12 and to the south of Huddersfield Narrow Canal | 1.17 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| North Dean STW | 1.03 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Upper Edge Quarries | 0.83 ha | 1978 | CommercialInert |
| Ingwood Mills | 0.81 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Ingwood Mills | 0.81 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Wham Quarry | 0.8 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blackley Quarry | 0.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Halifax Road | 0.74 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Woodside Lock | 0.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North And South Quarries | 0.68 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Copley Sewage Works | 0.49 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Land Next to Sunday School | 0.45 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| The Rough | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Hey Road Tip | 0.31 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Knowles Tip | 0.29 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land to the West of Bradley Mills | 0.27 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Westfield Farm | 0.27 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Detritus and Screenings Tip | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Leymoor Dyeworks | 0.17 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| New Sludge Lagoon (No.2) | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Lindley Farm | 0.15 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Cote Hill Farm Quarry | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dam site off Grove Street | 0.14 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Broom House | 0.1 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Hipperholme Works - Stoney Royd Holder Station | 0.08 ha | 1978 | CommercialInert |
| Siddall Fireclay Mine | 0.06 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Ash Grove | 0.05 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Holly Mount | 0.01 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 Elland?
- 58 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Elland 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 Elland?
- 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.