Historic landfill sites in Royton
The Environment Agency records 40 historic landfill sites in and around Royton. covering roughly 31 hectares in total. The largest is Land to the rear of Starkey Farm at 6.82 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Royton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land to the rear of Starkey Farm | 6.82 ha | — | Household |
| Land at Thorp Road | 2.94 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land off Higginshaw Lane | 2.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Long Clough Broadway | 1.79 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land at Thornham Old Road | 1.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clayton Playing Fields | 1.33 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Star Mill | 1.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Delta Mill | 1.16 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land at King Mill | 1.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Bee Mill | 0.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Turf Lane Mills | 0.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Lion Mill | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at St Phillips Drive / Royton Ring Mill | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Belgian Mill | 0.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Sandy Mill | 0.47 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Grape Mill | 0.46 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Land at Angela Avenue / Industry Mill | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Fir Mill | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Dorchester Drive | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Monarch Mill | 0.41 ha | — | Inert |
| Land at Hanging Chadder Farm | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thornham Mill | 0.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grape Mill East | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Starkey Farm | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rhos Mill | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at St Phillips Drive / Royton Ring mill | 0.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Roy Mill | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Mills | 0.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Holly Mill | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Crompton Street | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Holly Mill | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Narrow Gate Farm | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park and Sandy Lane Mill No.1 | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Roy Mill | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Holden Fold Mills | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Holden Fold Mills | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Shiloh Mills | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Lane | 0.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Shiloh Mills | 0.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Parkside Mill | 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 Royton?
- 40 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Royton 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 Royton?
- 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.