Crowthorne Reservoir
Inert
Crowthorne Reservoir is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ramsbottom. It received inert waste between 1987 and 1989, covering about 0.2 hectares. Reference EAHLD15487, October 2025 data revision.
Note: this site's boundary was derived by buffering a point location, not from a surveyed edge — treat the shape as approximate.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD15487 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Crowthorne Reservoir |
| Address | Crowthorne Road, Turton, Bolton |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | North West Water Authority |
| Licence issued | 30 March 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | 5 May 1989 |
| First waste input | 31 March 1987 |
| Last waste input | 4 May 1989 |
| Area | 0.2 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 375100, 418100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Dingle FarmInert
- Horrocks FoldWaste types not recorded
- Holden FoldWaste types not recorded
- Harbour LaneHousehold
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.