Historic landfill sites in Standish
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Standish. covering roughly 100 hectares in total. The largest is Standish Quarry at 20.82 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Standish (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standish Quarry | 20.82 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| D and H. Sand Supplies Limited | 15.22 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| East Quarry | 11.36 ha | — | Inert |
| Hic Bibi Lane | 8.87 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bores Hill | 8.64 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Standish Quarry | 7.48 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| North Hall Landfill | 4.78 ha | — | Industrial |
| Norley Quarry | 3.56 ha | 1978 | Waste types not recorded |
| Chorley Road | 3.15 ha | — | Industrial |
| Martland Mill Bridge | 3.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Paradise Farm | 3.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| South of Red Rock Brow | 2.2 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crown Works | 1.89 ha | 1985 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Crown Works | 1.89 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Talbot House Farm | 0.54 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Water Works Farm | 0.52 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wigan Road | 0.49 ha | 1952 | Household |
| Roburite Works | 0.29 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Chapel Lane | 0.23 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Roburite Works | 0.22 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Dawber Delph Quarry | 0.2 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| White Hill Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Heatons Farm | 0.2 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Waste Incineration Limited | 0.19 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Worthington Hall Farm | 0.11 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bradley Hall Trading Estate | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dean Wood | 0.08 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Welch Whittle Mine Shafts | 0.02 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialCommercial |
| Chisnall Hall Mine Shafts / Colliery | 0.02 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
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 Standish?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Standish 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 Standish?
- 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.