Calderbrook Industrial Works
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Calderbrook Industrial Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Littleborough. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1986, covering about 0.55 hectares. Reference EAHLD18083, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD18083 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Calderbrook Industrial Works |
| Address | Off Calderbrook Road, Littleborough, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Mintonhope Limited |
| Licence issued | 13 August 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 27 November 1986 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.55 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 393500, 417100 |
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.
- 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
- Ashe LaboratoriesWaste types not recorded
- Shore MillIndustrial
- Heights FarmWaste types not recorded
- Hey Bottom FarmWaste types not recorded
- PLYSUWaste types not recorded
- Ealees MillIndustrial
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.