Historic landfill sites in Meltham
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Meltham. covering roughly 44 hectares in total. The largest is Honley Wood Quarry at 11.07 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Meltham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honley Wood Quarry | 11.07 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rockingstone Quarry | 5.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Wood Bottom | 2.49 ha | 1979 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Royd Edge Quarry | 2.28 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Quarry Road | 2.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crosland Moor | 2.02 ha | 1983 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Shroggs Quarry Phase 2 | 1.67 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Shroggs Quarry | 1.58 ha | 1989 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| On land at the end of Mean Lane | 1.43 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Tunnel End | 1.41 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Cowersley Lane Quarry | 1.38 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Dunnock Quarry | 1.32 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Blackmoorcroft Road | 1.07 ha | — | Inert |
| Woodbottom Tip | 1.04 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Historic landfill EAHLD36153 | 1.03 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Quarry | 0.81 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Lees Mill | 0.56 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Quarry Infill near Yateholme Reservoir | 0.55 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Old Quarry | 0.53 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Sally Bank Tip | 0.52 ha | 1989 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Hey Heads Quarry | 0.48 ha | — | Household |
| The Folly | 0.46 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cellars Clough Mills | 0.45 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Royd Tip | 0.43 ha | 1976 | HouseholdInert |
| Ing Head Farm | 0.27 ha | — | Commercial |
| Disused Quarry | 0.26 ha | 1991 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Woodbottom Farm | 0.23 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Jubilee Quarries | 0.23 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Jubilee Quarries | 0.2 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Meltham Mills Holder Station | 0.15 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
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 Meltham?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Meltham 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 Meltham?
- 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.