Historic landfill sites in Farnworth
The Environment Agency records 14 historic landfill sites in and around Farnworth. covering roughly 71 hectares in total. The largest is Land off Maze Street at 29.12 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Farnworth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land off Maze Street | 29.12 ha | 1974 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hall Lane Chemical Tip | 12.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Off Smiths Road | 10.71 ha | 1991 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Darley Tip | 4.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Cleggs Lane | 3.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Hall Lane | 2.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the south of Hall Lane | 2.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Moss Road | 1.77 ha | 1979 | Household |
| Doe Hey Brook | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at rear of 93-143 Cemetery Road | 1.21 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land off Marsh Lane | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Harrowby Mill | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the North of Hall Lane | 0.42 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rear of Century Motors | 0.41 ha | 1987 | Inert |
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 Farnworth?
- 14 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Farnworth 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 Farnworth?
- 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.