Brindle Sand Pit
SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
Brindle Sand Pit is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. It received special (hazardous), industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1977 and 1987, covering about 7.35 hectares. Reference EAHLD06926, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06926 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Brindle Sand Pit |
| Address | Sandy Lane, Brindle, Near Chorley, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | AA Waste Disposal Limited |
| Licence issued | 5 July 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 5 December 1986 |
| First waste input | 5 July 1977 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Area | 7.35 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 359500, 424200 |
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
- Gorton Brook FarmInert
- Mill House FarmInert
- Oram House FarmInert
- Kellet LaneWaste types not recorded
- Withnell FoldLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- Chorley Old RoadWaste types not recorded
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.