Historic landfill sites in Salford
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Salford. covering roughly 100 hectares in total. The largest is Agecroft Colliery at 38.23 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Salford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agecroft Colliery | 38.23 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| David Lewis Recreation Ground | 14.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Agecroft Power Station | 11.59 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Brindle Heath | 4.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Trafford Ecology Park and Aidleys Transport | 4.5 ha | 1979 | Industrial |
| BOCM - Silcocks Limited | 4.39 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| South Radford Street | 3.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Ordsall Lane Sidings | 3.17 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Section 2, Jewish Cemetery | 3.05 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Opposite Trafford Wharf Enterprise Park | 2.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Jewish Cemetery | 1.97 ha | — | Industrial |
| Liverpool Street - West Egerton Street | 1.25 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Land to the rear of 44-62 Langley Road | 1.18 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Land to the West of Windsor Street | 1.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pomona Dock No 4 | 0.72 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Pomona Dock No 1 | 0.7 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Pomona Dock No 2 | 0.65 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Warfside Way - John Glibert Way | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hilti Site | 0.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land North of Agecroft Road | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Guide Street | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| No.3 Dry Dock | 0.32 ha | 1998 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ordsall Lane | 0.2 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Humphrey Road | 0.13 ha | — | Household |
| Whit Lane | 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 Salford?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Salford 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 Salford?
- 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.