Historic landfill sites in Leyland, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Leyland, Lancashire. covering roughly 83 hectares in total. The largest is Hall Lane Tip - Site B at 16.16 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Leyland (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Lane Tip - Site B | 16.16 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Hall Lane Tip - Site A | 13.44 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Hall Lane Tip - Site A | 13.35 ha | 1982 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Hall Lane Tip - Site C | 12.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Centurion Way | 7.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dawson Lane | 3.78 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Leyland Motors, North of Spurrier Works | 3.32 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Emnie Lane Sewage Works (LFS) | 2.3 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| ROF Chorley | 1.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Littlewood Brickworks | 1.66 ha | 1978 | Industrial |
| ROF Chorley - Tip No.1 | 1.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Tip No.2 | 1.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Tip No.3 | 1.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Littlewoods Brickworks | 0.95 ha | — | Commercial |
| Culbreck House Farm | 0.72 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Billinge Farm | 0.33 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Billinge Farm | 0.33 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Northgate | 0.25 ha | 1998 | HouseholdInert |
| Crompton Fields Drain Pipe | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Ingrave Farm | 0.2 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Snubsnape Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dunkirk Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wood Lane | 0.14 ha | 1997 | 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 Leyland?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Leyland 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 Leyland?
- 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.