Historic landfill sites in Hebden Bridge
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Hebden Bridge. covering roughly 19 hectares in total. The largest is Scout Road at 9.52 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hebden Bridge (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scout Road | 9.52 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Former Sidings British Rail | 1.19 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Carr Lane | 1.14 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land to North of Withens Clough Reservoir | 0.97 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Carr Head | 0.93 ha | 1976 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Knoll Delph | 0.88 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Fields OS-7122 and 7823 | 0.78 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Cow Hey Lane | 0.76 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Bodkin Lane | 0.47 ha | 1999 | Inert |
| Disused Quarry Adjacent To Walshaw Dean Upper Reservoir | 0.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| May Royd | 0.41 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Land at Great House Farm | 0.34 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hebden Bridge Holder Station | 0.27 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Greenhouse Quarry | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wood Top Road | 0.2 ha | 1983 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Waterside Mill | 0.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nutclough Road | 0.15 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Mytholme Works | 0.1 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Castle Gate | 0.09 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Callis Mill Goit | 0.09 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Turley Holes Farm | 0.09 ha | 1991 | Waste types not recorded |
| East View | 0.07 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Grainge Cottage | 0.06 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Tripe Works | 0.05 ha | — | Household |
| Hebble End Wood | 0.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Hebden Bridge?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hebden Bridge 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 Hebden Bridge?
- 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.