Historic landfill sites in Stockport
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Stockport. covering roughly 106 hectares in total. The largest is North Woodhall at 18.74 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Stockport (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Woodhall | 18.74 ha | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cringle Road | 17.75 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Woodhall | 16.62 ha | 1973 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Warth Meadow | 12.41 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stockport Branch Canal | 10.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grimesbottom | 9.45 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Rear of Ajax Works, Llanson Foundry | 4.67 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Melanie Drive | 2.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Levenshulme Trading Estate | 2.57 ha | — | SpecialIndustrial |
| Stockport Branch Canal | 2.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whitehill Street | 1.63 ha | — | Household |
| Back of Brookfield Avenue, Heavily | 1.05 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Brinnington Rise | 0.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Reddish Vale Road | 0.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Baron Street | 0.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to M63 Roundabout | 0.62 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Stockholm Road | 0.49 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Conway Street | 0.45 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| North Area College | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Warth Meadow | 0.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stockport Branch Canal | 0.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Banks Lane | 0.26 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Royal George Street | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Forbes Close | 0.01 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 Stockport?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stockport 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 Stockport?
- 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.