Historic landfill sites in Todmorden
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Todmorden. covering roughly 11 hectares in total. The largest is Land at Bellholme at 2.4 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Todmorden (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Bellholme | 2.4 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Warman International | 2.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodhouse Tip | 1.84 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to Light Bank Lock | 1.09 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Rear of Fielden Hospital | 0.86 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Woodhouse Tip (Lower) | 0.77 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Station House Hotel | 0.63 ha | 1976 | HouseholdInert |
| Bearnshaw Tower Farm | 0.31 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Old Hall Farm | 0.27 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Walsden Water | 0.26 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| North Ramsden Farm | 0.19 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Wellholes Landfill Site | 0.17 ha | — | Inert |
| Brown Hill Bottom Farm | 0.15 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Flower Scar Road | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bridge Royd Works | 0.07 ha | 1977 | IndustrialInert |
| Broad Ing Top Farm | 0.05 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of Garages | 0.03 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| South of Station House Hotel | 0.02 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 Todmorden?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Todmorden 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 Todmorden?
- 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.