Historic landfill sites in Failsworth
The Environment Agency records 39 historic landfill sites in and around Failsworth. covering roughly 213 hectares in total. The largest is Clayton Vale Power Station at 57.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Failsworth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Vale Power Station | 57.11 ha | 1968 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Moston Brook | 21.45 ha | 1977 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to Mitchell Street | 16.86 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Off Charlestown Road | 15.6 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Land to the rear of Fairway | 14.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Grimshaw Lane | 10.17 ha | 1968 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hardman Fold | 9.7 ha | 1980 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to Church Lane North | 8.94 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Clayton Vale | 8.73 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Moston College | 7.88 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Clayton Vale Power Station | 6.18 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Land adjacent to Moston Brook | 5.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the rear of Romer Avenue | 4.92 ha | — | Household |
| Lightbowne Phase II | 4.34 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| Faillworth Refuse Tip | 2.42 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land at Mill Lane | 1.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hollinwood Branch Canal | 1.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Springs Road | 1.82 ha | 1976 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land to the rear of Fairway | 1.78 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Reliance Street | 1.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greengate Industrial Estate | 1.34 ha | 1987 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Belgrave Road | 1.07 ha | — | Inert |
| Land off Springs Road | 0.92 ha | 1976 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hollinwood Branch Canal | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Graver Lane | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hole Bottom Clough (Brook) | 0.75 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Lower Lime Farm | 0.57 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Asia Mill | 0.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clayton Bridge Industrial Estate | 0.48 ha | 1989 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Glebe Street | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Sycamore Grove | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rugby Mill | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Mill Street | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Bluestone Road | 0.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Albert Street | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Duke Street | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Cutler Hill | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Willows Drive | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Ely Crescent | 0.08 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 Failsworth?
- 39 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Failsworth 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 Failsworth?
- 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.