Historic landfill sites in Silsden
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Silsden. covering roughly 34 hectares in total. The largest is Land at Cringles Farm at 7.14 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Silsden (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Cringles Farm | 7.14 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Old Sewage Works | 4.74 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| White Hill Farm | 4.52 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Station Road | 3.22 ha | 1990 | Household |
| Gildersber Farm | 3.16 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Wheelam Rocks, Disused Quarry | 2.44 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Quarry Workings | 2.36 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Southwest of New Steeton Roundabout | 1.19 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Steeton Tip | 1.05 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Nudge Hill Farm | 0.81 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Red Garth | 0.47 ha | 2001 | Inert |
| Gildersber Farm | 0.44 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| High Cross Bank Farm | 0.42 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Low Woodside Farm No. 1 | 0.4 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| Back Lane | 0.39 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Silsden Bridge | 0.28 ha | 1998 | Waste types not recorded |
| Brunthwaite Lane | 0.27 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Turner Hill Farm | 0.2 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Light Bank | 0.2 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Branthwaite | 0.2 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Middlemoor Farm | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cringles Plantation and Caravan Park | 0.06 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hardlands Barn | 0.01 ha | — | Household |
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 Silsden?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Silsden 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 Silsden?
- 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.