Historic landfill sites in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester. covering roughly 116 hectares in total. The largest is Frodsham Marsh Tipping Lagoon at 47.95 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Frodsham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frodsham Marsh Tipping Lagoon | 47.95 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| East Clifton Marsh | 9.4 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Marley Roof Tile Company Limited | 8.16 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| No. 3 Lagoon | 8.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kemira Growhow Landfill Site | 7.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| BICC Cables Limited | 4.77 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Lower Robin Hood Lane | 3.94 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Marley Roof Tile Company Limited | 3.2 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Longley Farm | 3.07 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Sand Pit | 3.06 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Crest Hotel | 2.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bank House Farm | 2.85 ha | — | Industrial |
| Bank House Farm | 2.36 ha | — | Industrial |
| Ince Power Station | 2.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Rake Lane | 1.47 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Manley | 1.28 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Newton Hollow | 1.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Official Pit Lane / Offal Pits Lane | 0.47 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| New Pale Road | 0.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Summerhouse Bank | 0.41 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Ince A Power Station | 0.4 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Offal Pit Lane | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ince A Power Station / Tip | 0.16 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Part Garden of Southbank | 0.15 ha | — | Industrial |
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 Frodsham?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Frodsham 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 Frodsham?
- 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.