Bridge Royd Works
IndustrialInert
Bridge Royd Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Todmorden. It received industrial and inert waste between 1890 and 1977, covering about 0.07 hectares. Reference EAHLD34843, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD34843 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Bridge Royd Works |
| Address | Halifax Road, Eastwood, Todmorden |
| Site operator | Moss Brotheers Dyers Limited |
| Licence holder | Moss Brothers |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 January 1890 |
| Last waste input | 30 April 1977 |
| Area | 0.07 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 396000, 424900 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Station House HotelHouseholdInert
- South of Station House HotelWaste types not recorded
- Rear of Fielden HospitalInert
- Old Hall FarmInert
- Woodhouse Tip (Lower)IndustrialInert
- Woodhouse TipIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.