Bolton - Keynon Junction Railway Line
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Bolton - Keynon Junction Railway Line is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bolton. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household and commercial waste until 1989, covering about 3.55 hectares. Reference EAHLD17919, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD17919 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bolton - Keynon Junction Railway Line |
| Address | Bolton |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | P Casey (Plant Hire) Limited |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 30 September 1989 |
| Area | 3.55 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 371200, 407900 |
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.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land at Settle StreetHousehold
- Disused Railway between Ellesmere Road and Higher Shaw Lane. Bolton-Kenyon Junction RailwaySpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Bolton-Kenyon Jumction Railway LineSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Disused Railway between Deane Church Lane and St. Helens RoadWaste types not recorded
- Heaton CemeteryWaste types not recorded
- Disused Railway between Deane Church Lane and Hulton LaneSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
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.