Historic landfill sites in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester. covering roughly 278 hectares in total. The largest is Griffiths Road Limebeds at 43.62 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Northwich (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths Road Limebeds | 43.62 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Leicester Street | 37.6 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ashtons and Neummans Flashes | 34.52 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Neumanns Flash | 25.89 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Beswick's Road Tip | 19.97 ha | — | Industrial |
| Griffiths Park | 19.7 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Wincham Lane Land Reclamation | 14.35 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Haydn Pool | 13.11 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| ICI Lostock Works Landfill | 12.63 ha | 1944 | IndustrialInert |
| Shipbrook Road Farm | 10.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| No.1 Bed Marbury | 7.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gorstage Farm | 6.62 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Anderton Lime Bed | 5.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Work Tip No. 2/5 | 3.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| No.4 Settling Pond | 3.7 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Works Tip No. 2/4 | 2.86 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Warrington New Road | 2.59 ha | — | Household |
| Mere House Farm | 2.59 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Griffiths Park | 2.5 ha | 1944 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Works Tip No 2/1 | 1.97 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Hefferston Grange Farm | 1.83 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Old Hall Road | 1.63 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Saxons Lane Tip | 1.17 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Oak Street | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of 312 Chester Road | 0.49 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land off Leicester Street | 0.35 ha | — | Commercial |
| Cross Street | 0.34 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Weaverham Grange | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Grange Lane Farm | 0.1 ha | — | Inert |
| Heath Lane | 0.08 ha | 1983 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ollershaw Lane | 0.07 ha | — | Industrial |
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 Northwich?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Northwich 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 Northwich?
- 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.