Historic landfill sites in Westhoughton
The Environment Agency records 7 historic landfill sites in and around Westhoughton. covering roughly 38 hectares in total. The largest is Warcock Hill at 15.49 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Westhoughton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warcock Hill | 15.49 ha | 1969 | Household |
| Land Off Rumworth Road | 8.7 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Chusley Gate Lane | 7.29 ha | 1987 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Off Beaumont Road | 1.71 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stone Pit Field | 1.6 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Piggery | 1.59 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Chorley Road | 1.55 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Westhoughton?
- 7 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Westhoughton 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 Westhoughton?
- 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.