Historic landfill sites in Liverpool
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Liverpool. covering roughly 83 hectares in total. The largest is Old Dingle Oil Terminal at 25.55 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Liverpool (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dingle Oil Terminal | 25.55 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Fullwood Park | 13.72 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Dingle (Extension of Otterspool by M.C.C) | 13.4 ha | 1981 | HouseholdInert |
| Toxteth Dock | 5 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Herculaneum Docks Nos. 3 and 4 | 4.05 ha | 1984 | Industrial |
| Harrington Dock | 3.8 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Kings Dock Number 1 and 2 | 2.38 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Kings Dock Number 1 and 2 | 2.21 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Trafalgar Branch Dock | 1.88 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Corner Of Smithdown Lane | 1.59 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Newsham Park | 1.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Herculaneum Branch Dock | 1.19 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Victoria Branch Dock | 0.99 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Herculaneum Graving Dock No.2 | 0.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Herculaneum Graving Dock No.3 | 0.85 ha | 1981 | Household |
| Kings Dock Number 1 and 2 | 0.79 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Herculaneum Graving Dock No.1 | 0.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kings, Queens and Toxteth Docks / Coburg Dock (part) | 0.6 ha | — | Inert |
| Herculaneum Graving Dock No.4 | 0.59 ha | 1981 | Household |
| Brunswick Half Tide Dock | 0.57 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Brunswick Dock | 0.35 ha | — | Inert |
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 Liverpool?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Liverpool 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 Liverpool?
- 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.