Historic landfill sites in Warrington, Warrington
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Warrington, Warrington. covering roughly 131 hectares in total. The largest is Gatewarth Farm at 61.04 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Warrington (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatewarth Farm | 61.04 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Off Lodge Lane | 13.31 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Warrington Rural District Council | 11.72 ha | — | Commercial |
| Waste Clearance Landfill Site | 10.95 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Raddell Lane | 6.42 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Baco Landfill | 4.19 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Thelwall Lane | 3.85 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Pier Point And Bryant | 3.48 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| Warrington Rural District Council | 3.26 ha | — | Household |
| ADS | 2.28 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal | 1.81 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal | 1.69 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Norcott Brook Farm | 1.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Liverpool Street / Road | 1.33 ha | 1977 | IndustrialInert |
| Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal | 1.27 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal | 0.79 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Baco Landfill | 0.69 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Dutton Hall | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former BSC Reservoir | 0.47 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Winwick Hospital | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Winwick Quay | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greenall Whitley | 0.12 ha | 1979 | Inert |
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 Warrington?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Warrington 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 Warrington?
- 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.