Historic landfill sites in Newton-le-Willows
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Newton-le-Willows. covering roughly 66 hectares in total. The largest is Tobins at 16.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Newton-le-Willows (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobins | 16.48 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Spooner Vicars Landfill Site | 12.62 ha | — | Industrial |
| Marbury Lane | 10.8 ha | — | Inert |
| RAF Site | 8.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newton Brook | 4.03 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Wharf Road | 3.19 ha | — | Household |
| Sankey Brook | 2.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sankey Valley | 2.46 ha | 1987 | Waste types not recorded |
| Mucky Mountain Area | 1.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nine Arches Farm | 1.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moat House Farm | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sankey Valley Industrial Estate | 0.33 ha | 1983 | CommercialInert |
| Deacon Trading Estate | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Foot of Northern Embankment of road over Railway Bridge | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Road Tip | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marl Pit | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thompsons Pit | 0.06 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 Newton-le-Willows?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newton-le-Willows 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 Newton-le-Willows?
- 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.