Historic landfill sites in Runcorn, Halton
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Runcorn, Halton. covering roughly 160 hectares in total. The largest is Astmoor Salt Marsh at 94.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Runcorn (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astmoor Salt Marsh | 94.79 ha | 1960 | Industrial |
| Halebank Reclamation Scheme (Pickerings Pasture) | 11.65 ha | 1972 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Victoria Road | 11.57 ha | 1923 | Waste types not recorded |
| Stenhills Quarry | 9.25 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| ICI Weston North Quarry | 6.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Bridgewater Locks | 5.65 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Weston Road | 4.72 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Runcorn and Weston Canal | 4.43 ha | 1982 | Industrial |
| Wigg Works Tip | 3.29 ha | 1960 | IndustrialInert |
| Weston Quarry | 3.03 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Old Quay Quarry | 1.98 ha | 1973 | IndustrialInert |
| Runcorn Docks | 0.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Runcorn Docks | 0.48 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Alum Waste Tip | 0.45 ha | 1968 | Industrial |
| Crofton Road | 0.3 ha | — | Household |
| Highlands Road | 0.22 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Runcorn Docks | 0.18 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Weston Point | 0.14 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Percival Lane | 0.09 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 Runcorn?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Runcorn 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 Runcorn?
- 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.