Historic landfill sites in Garstang, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Garstang, Lancashire. covering roughly 30 hectares in total. The largest is Nateby - Garstang Railway Cutting at 10.14 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Garstang (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nateby - Garstang Railway Cutting | 10.14 ha | — | Inert |
| New House Farm | 6.63 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Gift Hall Farm | 2.08 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Bracken Lea | 1.95 ha | 1974 | Household |
| Snapewood Farm | 1.91 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Ainspool Farm | 1.49 ha | 1975 | Household |
| Crab Tree Farm | 1.17 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Woods Hill Farm | 0.97 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Long Moor Lane | 0.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Scorton Wyresdale Estates | 0.41 ha | — | Inert |
| Brierkrete Ltd | 0.26 ha | — | Industrial |
| New House Farm | 0.2 ha | 1976 | HouseholdInert |
| BTDB Fleetwood | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barnacre Water Treatment Works | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clifton Hill Pitt | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of Forton Service Area | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Garstang Creamery | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodacre Hall | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fairfield - Moss Side Farm | 0.17 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Park Farm | 0.13 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Park Farm | 0.11 ha | 1977 | 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 Garstang?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Garstang 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 Garstang?
- 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.