Butchersfield
SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Butchersfield is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lymm, Warrington. It received special (hazardous), liquid/sludge, industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1986 and 1994, covering about 14.9 hectares. Reference EAHLD16861, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16861 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Butchersfield |
| Address | Rixton, Warrington, Cheshire |
| Site operator | Waste Management Limited |
| Licence holder | Waste Management Limited |
| Licence issued | 15 May 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 30 April 1986 |
| Last waste input | 30 April 1994 |
| Area | 14.9 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 367600, 388900 |
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.
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Bennetts Rixton Old Hall Tip SiteSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Statham Refuse TipCommercial
- Rixton Old HallInert
- Moat LaneIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Moat LaneWaste types not recorded
- Proposed Industrial TipLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
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.