Historic landfill sites in Irlam
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Irlam. covering roughly 144 hectares in total. The largest is Carrington Power Station at 34.82 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Irlam (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington Power Station | 34.82 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Mosedales Tip | 15.23 ha | — | Commercial |
| Victoria Tip | 13.62 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Irlam Locks | 13.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brickworks | 11.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Irlam North Bank Industrial Estate | 10.79 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Carrington Power Station | 8.59 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Boysnope Wharf | 7.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ferryhill | 5.82 ha | 1975 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Drying Out Ground | 5.45 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Boysnope Farm | 5.26 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Boysnope Wharf | 3.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Boysnope Wharf | 3.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway View Farm | 2.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fox Glen | 1.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Liverpool Road | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Flixton Road | 0.7 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| East Of E1 Road | 0.41 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Edible Oils Factory | 0.25 ha | 1993 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| East Of E1 Road | 0.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Land to the west of A57 | 0.03 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 Irlam?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Irlam 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 Irlam?
- 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.