Bottemly and Emerson's Tip
SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
Bottemly and Emerson's Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Brighouse. It received special (hazardous), industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1851 and 1982, covering about 0.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD04122, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04122 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bottemly and Emerson's Tip |
| Address | Brighouse, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | J C Bottemly and Emerson Limited |
| Licence holder | Croda Colours Limited |
| Licence issued | 4 May 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 October 1982 |
| First waste input | 1 January 1851 |
| Last waste input | 13 October 1982 |
| Area | 0.24 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 413600, 423100 |
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.
- 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
- Squire Hill QuarriesWaste types not recorded
- Royd QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Marshall Mono LimitedIndustrialInert
- The LillandsWaste types not recorded
- Charles KershawHousehold
- Brookfoot Dyeworks LimitedIndustrial
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.