Historic landfill sites in Haslingden, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Haslingden, Lancashire. covering roughly 58 hectares in total. The largest is Duckworth Clough Tip at 25.99 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Haslingden (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duckworth Clough Tip | 25.99 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercial |
| South Shore | 6.95 ha | 1972 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Sunny Field Farm | 3.59 ha | — | Inert |
| Holden Vale | 2.83 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Martin Croft Farm | 2.64 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Bent Gate | 2.44 ha | — | Inert |
| Baxenden Dye Works | 1.75 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| High Gate Tip | 1.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Lane Side Playing Fields | 1.13 ha | — | Household |
| South West Boundary | 1.04 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land off Blackburn Road | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Haslingden Football Club | 0.71 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Curven Edge | 0.69 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Higher Barn Farm | 0.66 ha | 1994 | Waste types not recorded |
| Irwell Vale | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Helmshore Road Landfill | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Turkey Red Dye Works | 0.6 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Turkey Red Dye Works | 0.6 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Pike Law Quarry | 0.48 ha | 1988 | Waste types not recorded |
| Bridge End Mill | 0.46 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Jacksons Quarry | 0.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Hall Park | 0.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Haslingden Moor | 0.28 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHousehold |
| G Holden | 0.26 ha | — | Inert |
| Rising Bridge Inn | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Rising Bridge Railway Cutting | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Bentwood Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Caralux Limited | 0.11 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Gas Street | 0.07 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
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 Haslingden?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Haslingden 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 Haslingden?
- 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.