Historic landfill sites in Ramsbottom
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Ramsbottom. covering roughly 32 hectares in total. The largest is Fletcher Bank Quarry at 12.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ramsbottom (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Bank Quarry | 12.11 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Land off Bolton Road West | 6.96 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Field North Of Gin Hall | 3.04 ha | — | Inert |
| Hollins Quarry | 1.48 ha | — | Inert |
| Woodhey Dye Works | 1.05 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Miller Street | 1.03 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Top Mill | 0.91 ha | — | Inert |
| Carrington Novare | 0.78 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Springside Farm | 0.75 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Top of the Lea | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Farm | 0.55 ha | — | SpecialHouseholdInert |
| Carrington Novare | 0.44 ha | 1984 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Mill Lodge | 0.42 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Rose Bank Mill | 0.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wham Hill Farm | 0.3 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Land off Whalley Road | 0.26 ha | — | Inert |
| Mount Pleasant Mill | 0.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Higher Barn Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Water Land Landfill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crowthorne Reservoir | 0.2 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Tom Nook Farm | 0.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Land off Bamford Road | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stubbins County Primary School | 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 Ramsbottom?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ramsbottom 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 Ramsbottom?
- 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.