Historic landfill sites in Wallasey
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Wallasey. covering roughly 111 hectares in total. The largest is Bidston Moss Landfill Site at 40.38 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wallasey (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bidston Moss Landfill Site | 40.38 ha | 1995 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Cross Lane | 15.02 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bidston Moss | 9.98 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Bidston Moss | 8.19 ha | 1984 | Household |
| Bidston Moss West | 5.94 ha | — | Household |
| Land to the North and South of Bidston Station | 5.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leasowe Golf Club | 5.14 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Compton Road Tip | 5.12 ha | — | Household |
| Flaybrick Quarry | 3.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fender Lane To Dee Junction | 3.04 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land to the North and South of Bidston Station | 2.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bidston Steel Limited | 1.47 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Graving Dock No.1 | 0.94 ha | 1990 | Waste types not recorded |
| Tynron | 0.86 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Moreton Brickworks | 0.85 ha | 1986 | Waste types not recorded |
| Canada Creek / Canada Basin / Canada Works / Canada Yard / Beaufort Road | 0.8 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Graving Dock No.2 | 0.61 ha | 1990 | Waste types not recorded |
| Noctorum Way | 0.32 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Ranks Baisin | 0.26 ha | 1981 | Industrial |
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 Wallasey?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wallasey 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 Wallasey?
- 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.