Historic landfill sites in Widnes, Halton
The Environment Agency records 50 historic landfill sites in and around Widnes, Halton. covering roughly 489 hectares in total. The largest is Fiddlers Ferry Power Station at 122.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Widnes (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | 122.83 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Central Electricity Generating Board | 54.09 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | 45.25 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Fiddler's Ferry Power Station | 36.66 ha | — | Industrial |
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Lagoon C | 23.94 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| McKechnie Chemistry Factory | 21.5 ha | 1981 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Johnson's Lane Tip | 19.64 ha | 1991 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Bank Dock Estate | 16.39 ha | 1987 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Foundry Lane | 11.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barrows Green Lane | 10.58 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| ICI C and P Muspratt Site | 9.02 ha | — | Industrial |
| St Michael's Golf Course | 8.8 ha | 1973 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Ditton Marsh | 8.61 ha | — | Industrial |
| Pickerings Road | 8.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ditton Road | 6.91 ha | — | Industrial |
| Spike Island | 6.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| St Michael's Golf Course | 6.2 ha | — | Industrial |
| Johnson's Lane Tip | 5.21 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| ICI Coal Stockyard | 4.83 ha | 1954 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Foundry Lane | 4.21 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land between Speke Road and Ditton Brook | 4.16 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land situated between Speke Road and Ditton Brook | 4.12 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| George's Hall Farm | 3.61 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Dock Site | 3.18 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ditton Road | 3.09 ha | — | Industrial |
| Croda Gelatine Limited | 3.08 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hale Road Site Works | 2.93 ha | 1983 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Mersey View | 2.62 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Croda Bowman | 2.58 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| TAC works landfill / the Bongs | 2.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ditton Marsh Tip | 2.48 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hale Road | 2.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Lagoon B | 2.35 ha | 1981 | Industrial |
| St Helens Canal | 2.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Croda Colloids | 2.22 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dock Site | 2.17 ha | — | Industrial |
| Old Widnes Foundry Site | 2.01 ha | — | Industrial |
| West Bank Dock Estate | 1.92 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Vickers Road | 1.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| TAC works landfill | 1.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Bongs | 1.25 ha | — | Special |
| Former Glebe Caravan Storage Park | 1.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wilmere 'C' Site | 0.74 ha | — | Inert |
| Ditton Bank Farm | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Alumina Factory | 0.46 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Micro Milling Limited | 0.39 ha | — | SpecialIndustrial |
| Hough Green Junction | 0.2 ha | 1894 | Waste types not recorded |
| Moorfield Road | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Croda Bowman Factory Site | 0.09 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Netherfield Road | 0.04 ha | — | Household |
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 Widnes?
- 50 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Widnes 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 Widnes?
- 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.