Landfill Check

Historic landfill sites in Halifax

The Environment Agency records 125 historic landfill sites in and around Halifax. covering roughly 162 hectares in total. The largest is Copley Sewage Works at 9.21 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Halifax (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Copley Sewage Works9.21 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ringby Quarry6.8 ha1984IndustrialCommercialInert
Birks Hall Tip6.51 ha1992Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Moor Fall Farm5.21 ha1985IndustrialCommercialInert
Milner Royd Depot5.02 ha1986IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Hazelhurst Quarries4.66 ha—Inert
Landemere Quarry4.6 ha1979SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Swalesmoor Road Landfill4.51 ha—Waste types not recorded
Swalesmoor Mink Farm4.3 ha1992SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
Swales Moor Road4.27 ha1998SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
Deanstones Farm4.04 ha1998Inert
Pinnar Lane Quarries3.9 ha1987CommercialInert
Swalesmoor Inn3.82 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Denholme Clough Quarry3.6 ha1994CommercialInert
Scout Quarry3.54 ha1982IndustrialCommercialInert
Rear of Morrisons Supermarket3.52 ha1982Inert
The Hut3.33 ha—Inert
Queensbury Celtic Football Club3.18 ha1988CommercialInert
Former Railway Cutting3.06 ha2002Inert
Crawstone Hall Farm2.88 ha1989CommercialInert
Thumpus Quarry2.86 ha—Waste types not recorded
Marsh Lane Tip2.47 ha1976HouseholdCommercial
Amber Thorn Cutting2.46 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hargreaves Head2.24 ha1995IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Beacon Hill2.09 ha1990Inert
Marsh Delves Lane2.01 ha—Waste types not recorded
Chapel Lane1.85 ha—HouseholdInert
Railway Cutting Between Headley Lane and Cockin Lane1.74 ha2003Inert
Upper Horley Green Farm1.74 ha1989CommercialInert
Henacre Dene1.46 ha1985HouseholdCommercialInert
Standard Wire Company1.43 ha1991Inert
Eastwoods Tip North1.38 ha1981Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert
Queensbury Railway Station1.37 ha1981Inert
Mountain Mills1.36 ha1990IndustrialInert
Cockhill Lane Refuse Tip1.35 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Hazel Hurst Quarry1.35 ha1994Inert
Land at Field Bottom Farm1.3 ha1983CommercialInert
Shaw Lodge Mills1.28 ha—Waste types not recorded
Lower Horley Green off Horley Green Lane1.28 ha1988CommercialInert
Beechwood Works1.28 ha—Waste types not recorded
Muktubs (UK) Limited1.27 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Albert Crescent1.26 ha2001Inert
Black Dyke Mills1.19 ha—Household
Butterfly Fields1.13 ha—Waste types not recorded
North of Field House1.13 ha—Waste types not recorded
Disused Railway Cutting1.04 ha1989Inert
St Pauls Station Cutting0.98 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Stein Refractories Limited0.98 ha1977Inert
Milner Royd Sewage Works0.97 ha1993Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Stoney Royd Holder Station0.97 ha1980IndustrialInert
Landmere Quarry North0.97 ha1980IndustrialInert
Amber Thorn Fireclay Works0.95 ha—Waste types not recorded
Beechwood Mills0.94 ha—Waste types not recorded
Walsh Lane0.85 ha—Liquid / sludge
Field No 90110.81 ha—Waste types not recorded
Wakefield Gate0.78 ha—Waste types not recorded
Furness Road0.77 ha1983Inert
Land off Thornton Road0.75 ha1981CommercialInert
Wilson and Haigh Limited0.74 ha1977Inert
Jubilee Road0.71 ha1983Inert
Websters Brewery Tip0.68 ha1979Inert
West Scholes Farm0.65 ha—Commercial
Stocks House Quarries0.6 ha1991Inert
Claremount Tip0.59 ha1983Inert
Blake Hill Quarry0.58 ha—Inert
Within Fields0.58 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Old Farm0.58 ha1988CommercialInert
Disused Railway Cutting0.56 ha1998SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Washer Lane Industrial Estate0.55 ha1982Household
Disused Railway Cutting0.52 ha1982CommercialInert
Eastwood0.51 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Disused Railway Cutting0.5 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land At Copley Playing Fields0.48 ha—Industrial
Land At Copley Playing Fields0.48 ha—Industrial
Imperial Chinese Restaurant0.46 ha1994Inert
Reflecting Roadstuds Limited0.43 ha—Industrial
Crawstone Hall Wood0.41 ha1982Liquid / sludgeInert
Shay Lane0.4 ha1991CommercialInert
Shay Bottom Farm0.39 ha1991Inert
Land to the South of Cinderhills Works and East of Siddal Lane0.37 ha1989IndustrialInert
Land at Rear of Nicholl and Wood Limited0.35 ha1994CommercialInert
Old Lane Railway Sidings0.33 ha—CommercialInert
Dark Lane Quarry0.33 ha1992Inert
Netherton Works0.32 ha—Waste types not recorded
Canal Mills0.32 ha—Waste types not recorded
Slaten Quarry0.31 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Small Tail Farm0.3 ha2001Inert
Mixenden Adventure Playground0.29 ha1984Inert
Tetrodena Pets Hotel0.27 ha1991Inert
Thumpas Quarry0.26 ha—Waste types not recorded
Eastwood0.24 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Rookery Lane0.23 ha1985Inert
Field Head Lane0.23 ha1984Inert
Joinery Services0.23 ha1986Waste types not recorded
Green Lane Quarry0.21 ha1974Inert
Old Guy Road0.2 ha1981Inert
Moorclose Road0.2 ha1976Inert
Brackensbed Sports Field0.2 ha1960IndustrialInert
Oates Royd Farm0.2 ha1982Inert
Wood Lane Ash Tip0.19 ha—Waste types not recorded
Lower Bowl Shaw Farm0.18 ha1984Inert
Mytholme Bridge0.18 ha1977Waste types not recorded
Shelf Mill Dams0.18 ha1994Inert
Upper Hall0.17 ha1990Inert
Little London Farm0.16 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ladyship Mills0.16 ha1984Inert
Eastwoods Tip South Quarry No.10.15 ha1982Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Farrar Mill Lane0.14 ha1990Inert
Old Domestic Waste Tip0.13 ha—Household
Opposite St. Matthew's Church0.13 ha1990Inert
North Whins Farm0.13 ha1984Inert
Keelham Farm Shop0.12 ha1998Inert
Upper Brear Farm0.12 ha1989Inert
Mytholme Foundry0.11 ha—Waste types not recorded
Sterne Mills0.1 ha—Waste types not recorded
Carter Lane0.09 ha—Inert
Phoebe Lane Track0.08 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ford Hill0.08 ha—Inert
Northfield Gate Farm0.08 ha—Waste types not recorded
Moorlands Inn0.07 ha1987Inert
Denholme Velvets Limited0.04 ha1994Inert
Land to rear of Dolphin Terrace0.04 ha1983Inert
Land at Fiddlers Hill Farm0.04 ha—Inert
Garden Street Mills0.04 ha1975IndustrialInert
Bank Top Works0.01 ha1990CommercialInert

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 Halifax?
125 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Halifax 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 Halifax?
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.