Alder Lane Playing Field
SpecialCommercialInert
Alder Lane Playing Field is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Skelmersdale, Lancashire. It received special (hazardous), commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1990, covering about 2.29 hectares. Reference EAHLD06845, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06845 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Alder Lane Playing Field |
| Address | Alder Lane, Bramble Way, Parbold, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | West Lancashire District Council |
| Licence issued | 22 April 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1985 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1990 |
| Area | 2.29 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 349600, 410400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Parbold & West Quarry ( Wimpey Disposal Ltd, Appley L F S )IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Dalton QuarryIndustrialInert
- Quarry at HilldaleWaste types not recorded
- Round ' O ' QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Lees LaneCommercial
- Dingle QuarryInert
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.