Historic landfill sites in Middleton
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Middleton. covering roughly 123 hectares in total. The largest is Chadderton Landfill at 17.03 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Middleton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadderton Landfill | 17.03 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off White Moss Road | 15.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Tweedle Hill | 12.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Pike Fold Lane | 11.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Manchester Old Road | 6.47 ha | 1974 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Greengate | 6.15 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Mills Hill | 5.52 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land to the rear of Symond Road | 5.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Wince Brook | 5.23 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Land at Factory Lane | 5.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Boothroyd Terrace | 4.31 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Land off Higher Wood Street | 3.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Kelvin Avenue | 3.14 ha | — | Household |
| Mellalieu Street Playing Fields | 3.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Railway Cutting | 2.22 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land at Manchester Golf Club | 2.18 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Greengate Street | 1.97 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land at Stanycliffe Bridge | 1.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Riverdale Road | 1.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Don Street | 1.57 ha | 1988 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Former Times Mill | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mirfield Drive | 1.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Reservoir | 1 ha | — | Inert |
| Land at Bankfield Street | 0.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Greenside Way | 0.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Morton Pits | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Off Heaton Park Road | 0.39 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Boothroyden Road | 0.36 ha | — | Inert |
| Land At Newhey Farm | 0.29 ha | 1985 | 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 Middleton?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Middleton 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 Middleton?
- 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.