Historic landfill sites in Holmfirth
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Holmfirth. covering roughly 28 hectares in total. The largest is Flint Lane at 4.18 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Holmfirth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Lane | 4.18 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| S & R M Peel | 3.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Berry Bank Wood | 3.42 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Perseverance Mill Site | 2.3 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Woodhouse Quarry North | 1.93 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| Old Quarry | 1.15 ha | 1991 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lower Mytholmbridge Mills | 1.08 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 1 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Latham Farm | 0.88 ha | — | Commercial |
| Cote Close | 0.79 ha | — | Household |
| Scotgate Quarry | 0.76 ha | — | Household |
| Flint Lane | 0.71 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Flint Lane | 0.7 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Lower Millshaw Extension | 0.63 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Lane Head Quarry | 0.63 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Lower Millshaw | 0.53 ha | 1985 | CommercialInert |
| New Gate | 0.48 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Netherton Tip | 0.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Birds Nest Lane | 0.43 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Fulstone Hall Lane | 0.31 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| White Gate Road | 0.3 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| West Royd Farm | 0.29 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Former Mill Dam at Thirstin Mills Honley | 0.28 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Longley Quarry | 0.21 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Halstead Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to Town's Quarry | 0.2 ha | 2000 | Inert |
| A616, rear of Pennine Inn | 0.2 ha | 1995 | Commercial |
| Greenhill Bank | 0.15 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Holmfirth Holder Station | 0.09 ha | 1980 | CommercialInert |
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 Holmfirth?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Holmfirth 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 Holmfirth?
- 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.