Landfill Check

2 historic landfill sites within 1km of M11 2AA

The Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision) records 2 closed landfill sites within 1km of postcode M11 2AA. The nearest is Preston Street, 520m to the south-east.

Recorded sites, nearest first

What these waste types mean

Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Not recorded: for some sites the EA has no record of what was deposited — record-keeping was patchy, especially for older sites.

Map

Shaded areas are recorded landfill boundaries (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000). Marker shows the postcode centre.

2 historic landfill sites are recorded within 1km

The nearest recorded site is several hundred metres away. At this distance a historic landfill is rarely of practical significance to a property — it's context, not a warning.

At least one nearby site took liquid waste or sludge. These can move through groundwater more readily than solid waste, so if you rely on a private water supply or the site is upslope, that's a sensible question for an environmental search.

For at least one nearby site the waste types were not recorded. Unrecorded doesn't imply hazardous — record-keeping was simply patchy, particularly for older sites — but it does mean the dataset can't tell you what went in. An environmental search can sometimes fill the gap from other sources.

Sensible next step: nothing urgent. If you're buying, the environmental search your conveyancer orders as a matter of course will cover this and more.

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.

See all historic landfill sites around Failsworth (39 recorded sites).

Common questions

Was my house at M11 2AA built on a landfill?
Possibly near one: 2 historic landfill sites are recorded within 1km, the nearest 520m away. Check the boundary on the map above; only sites whose boundary overlaps the property mean it was built on landfill.
Does living near a historic landfill matter?
Usually not day to day — thousands of English homes sit near closed tips. What matters is distance, what was deposited (inert rubble is very different from special waste), and how long ago the site closed. Mortgage lenders and insurers rarely take issue unless a formal search flags a specific risk.
Is this the same as a contaminated land search?
No. This is the EA's historic landfill dataset. The contaminated-land register is separate, held by councils, and covered by the formal environmental search your conveyancer orders during a purchase.