Historic landfill sites in Mossley
The Environment Agency records 55 historic landfill sites in and around Mossley. covering roughly 40 hectares in total. The largest is Chew Valley at 5.84 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Mossley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chew Valley | 5.84 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Land East Of Platting Road | 3.4 ha | 1987 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off Egmont Street / Manchester Road | 2.33 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quick Edge Quarry | 1.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Southview | 1.85 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Three Corner Nook Quarry | 1.77 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off Becconsfield Terrace | 1.75 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Milton and Border Mills | 1.54 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Land near Buckton Vale Reservoir | 1.4 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Midge Hill | 1.38 ha | 1972 | Commercial |
| Chew Valley | 1.33 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land At Lilly Lane | 1.08 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land at Stamford (Stalybridge) Golf Club | 0.92 ha | — | Industrial |
| C.E.G.B | 0.9 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land at Chew Brook Drive | 0.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Walk Mill | 0.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodend Mills | 0.84 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Mossley Holder Station | 0.74 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Land At Lilly Lane | 0.69 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land off Huddersfield Road | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Hart Mill | 0.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Millcroft Lane | 0.47 ha | 1991 | HouseholdInert |
| Woodend Mill | 0.46 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Buckton Vale Resevoir | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Warth Mills | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Ward Lane | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor House Farm | 0.37 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Land off Mossley Road | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Quarry off Oldham Road | 0.32 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Millcroft Lane | 0.32 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hart Mill | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Frenches Dye Works | 0.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Knarr Mill No.2 | 0.25 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Warlow Brook | 0.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Higher Hills Farm Inert Landfill | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Lark Hill Road | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stone Bottom Mills | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Heathwood | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land At Lilly Lane | 0.19 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land at Shaw Hall Bank | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Nook Green Farm | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Wall Hill Mill | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Valley Mills | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Knarr Mill | 0.13 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Land at Haybottoms Mill | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| School Street Reservoir | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Haybottoms Mill | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Globe Farm | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Four Winds | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lumb Mill | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lumb Mill | 0.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Harrop Edge Lane | 0.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Harrop Edge Lane | 0.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land At Greenbridge Lane | 0.04 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Harrop Edge Lane | 0.03 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 Mossley?
- 55 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Mossley 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 Mossley?
- 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.