Historic landfill sites in Kearsley
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Kearsley. covering roughly 91 hectares in total. The largest is Clifton Moss at 20.15 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Kearsley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Moss | 20.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kearsley Power Station | 15.15 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Unity Brook Farm | 10.49 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land at Bent Spur Farm | 7.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Moss Road | 5.47 ha | 1979 | Household |
| Land at Linnyshaw Moss Farm | 5.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Springfield Road Railway Bridge | 3.16 ha | 1994 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Moss Road | 2.95 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kearsley Power Station | 2.65 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Kearsley Golf Centre | 2.43 ha | 1996 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Kearsley Power Station | 2.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Next to the M61 | 1.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Moss Road | 1.78 ha | 1979 | Household |
| Land off Ringley Road | 1.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the South of Manchester Road | 1.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kearsley Power Station | 1.45 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Land at New Hall Farm | 1.28 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Seddons Fold farm | 1.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Linnyshaw | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Adjoining Stoneclough Road and Bolton Road | 0.67 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Stoneclough Road | 0.48 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Land off Edenbridge Drive | 0.37 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 Kearsley?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Kearsley 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 Kearsley?
- 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.