Historic landfill sites in Milnrow
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Milnrow. covering roughly 33 hectares in total. The largest is Firgrove Playing Fields/Dobfield at 5.07 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Milnrow (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firgrove Playing Fields/Dobfield | 5.07 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Birchenley Farm Landfill Site | 4.74 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wildhouse Farm | 4.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Little Lane | 3.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Halliwell Street | 3.28 ha | 1974 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crompton ETW | 3.02 ha | — | Industrial |
| Dyehouse Lane | 2.65 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Birchinley Farm | 2.04 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Birchinley Farm | 1.5 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Birchinley Hall Farm | 0.55 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Lower House Farm | 0.53 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Clegg Hall Road | 0.49 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Birchinley Farm | 0.43 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Annis Hill Farm | 0.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dig Gate Farm | 0.15 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Burnedge Mill | 0.05 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Ex Universal Laundry Lodge | 0.01 ha | 1988 | 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 Milnrow?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Milnrow 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 Milnrow?
- 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.