Historic landfill sites in Longridge, Lancashire
The Environment Agency records 16 historic landfill sites in and around Longridge, Lancashire. covering roughly 8 hectares in total. The largest is Lower College Farm at 1.39 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Longridge (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower College Farm | 1.39 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Ribblesdale Drive | 1.02 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Hollins Hall Farm | 0.98 ha | 1993 | HouseholdInert |
| Fulwood Urban District Council Tip | 0.95 ha | 1975 | Household |
| Black Hall Farm | 0.76 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Black Hall Farm | 0.76 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Lower College Farm | 0.59 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Thornley | 0.3 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whittingham Hospital Site A | 0.27 ha | — | Inert |
| Whittingham Hospital Site B | 0.25 ha | — | Inert |
| Lower Beesley Farm | 0.25 ha | 1990 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Samlesbury Bottoms | 0.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Intack Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greenside | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tan Yard | 0.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| White Hill Farm | 0.04 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
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 Longridge?
- 16 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Longridge 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 Longridge?
- 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.