Historic landfill sites in Romiley
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Romiley. covering roughly 42 hectares in total. The largest is Bredbury Landfill at 10.39 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Romiley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bredbury Landfill | 10.39 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| J and A. Jackson Limited | 6.26 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Bredbury and Romiley Urban District Council | 5.19 ha | 1975 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whitefield Road Landfill | 4.45 ha | — | Household |
| Mill Lane Recreation Ground Landfill | 3.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway Cutting between Stockport Road East and George Road | 2.37 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Higher Dan Bank Farm | 2.27 ha | 1989 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| North of Bongs Farm | 1.69 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Disused Railway cutting between Redhouse Lane and George Lane | 1.54 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Waterside Farm North | 1.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway cutting between Stockport Road East And Redhouse Lane | 0.89 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Rodney Drive | 0.78 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Waterside Farm | 0.72 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Bongs Sewage Farm | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gravel Bank Farm | 0.27 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Wellington Works | 0.22 ha | 1983 | CommercialInert |
| Waterside Farm East | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greave Farm | 0.1 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
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 Romiley?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Romiley 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 Romiley?
- 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.