Historic landfill sites in Freckleton, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Freckleton, Lancashire. covering roughly 199 hectares in total. The largest is Clifton Marsh at 99.13 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Freckleton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Marsh | 99.13 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grange Farm No.1 | 44.49 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Grange Farm No 2 | 17.46 ha | 1996 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Saltcotes | 12.79 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Alty's Landfill Site | 10.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cookson's Bakery | 4.07 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Sadlers Lytham Limited | 3.88 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Salt Marsh Area | 2.5 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Bank Farm | 1.07 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Oaklands Avenue | 0.8 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Savick Brook | 0.57 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Gorse Lane | 0.3 ha | 1972 | Household |
| Lytham Pumping Station | 0.2 ha | 1955 | Household |
| Longton Brickcroft | 0.2 ha | 1955 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Sword Meanygate | 0.2 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Gravel Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Dunscar Nurseries | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| AA Packaging | 0.14 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| AA Packaging | 0.14 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Freckleton Pool | 0.07 ha | — | SpecialCommercialInert |
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 Freckleton?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Freckleton 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 Freckleton?
- 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.