Historic landfill sites in St Helens
The Environment Agency records 33 historic landfill sites in and around St Helens. covering roughly 242 hectares in total. The largest is Pilkington Brothers at 31.63 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around St Helens (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilkington Brothers | 31.63 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Lyons Yard | 22.38 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Parr Stock's | 20.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ravenhead Quarry NWDA - Waste Management | 18.03 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Canal Street Timber Yard | 17.38 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Greengate Quarry | 14.95 ha | — | Industrial |
| Burtonhead Road/Ravenhead Quarry(Waste Clearance) | 11.43 ha | 1981 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Clay Colliery | 11.33 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Sutton Heath Quarry | 9.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sutton Heath Quarry | 9.43 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Buff Quarry | 8.62 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sherdley Road | 7.74 ha | 1973 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Greengates | 6.88 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Brocklebank Graving Dock | 6.04 ha | — | Household |
| Teapot Brick Pit | 4.81 ha | — | Inert |
| Daisyfield Landfill Site | 4.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Birse Construction M62 Link Road | 4.4 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Elm Road | 4.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Roughdales Quarry Landfill Site | 3.71 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Birse Construction M62 Link Road | 3.14 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Chester Lane | 2.84 ha | 1975 | CommercialInert |
| Red Quarry | 2.7 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Birse Construction M62 Link Road | 2.53 ha | — | Inert |
| Ravenhead Quarry Extension Waste Management | 2.33 ha | 1986 | Waste types not recorded |
| Marshalls Cross Road | 2.32 ha | 1954 | Inert |
| Roughdales Sidings | 2.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moss Bank Road | 2.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Baxters Lane | 1.48 ha | 1954 | Waste types not recorded |
| Sutton Manor Colliery | 0.46 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| South of Hardshaw Brook / Sankey Brook Confluence | 0.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Knowsley Road Railway Cutting | 0.42 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Ravenhead Quarry | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ravenhead Quarry (NWDA-Waste Manage | 0.1 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 St Helens?
- 33 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of St Helens 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 St Helens?
- 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.