Historic landfill sites in Macclesfield, Cheshire East
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Macclesfield, Cheshire East. covering roughly 187 hectares in total. The largest is Danes Moss Landfill Site at 64 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Macclesfield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danes Moss Landfill Site | 64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site | 64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Danes Moss Tip | 17.59 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Congleton Road Playing Fields | 11.45 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sandy Lane | 6.22 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Sandy Lane | 4.63 ha | — | Household |
| Hollinsett Farm | 2.91 ha | — | Inert |
| Shoresclough Brook | 2.08 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Dunbah Hollow | 2.08 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Shoresclough Brook | 2.08 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| OS Sheet Field 1396 | 1.66 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| London Road | 1.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hollinsnett Farm | 1.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hawkeshead Quarry | 1.1 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Harbour Lane | 1 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| London Road - The Silk Road | 0.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Disused Railway Cutting | 0.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Stoneyfold Farm | 0.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Macclesfield Canal at Bosley | 0.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Harts Lane | 0.2 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Station Street | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hurdsfield Industrial Estate | 0.14 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 Macclesfield?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield?
- 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.