Delph Hole
CommercialInert
Delph Hole is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sowerby Bridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1978 and 1980, covering about 0.17 hectares. Reference EAHLD04121, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04121 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Delph Hole |
| Address | Greetland Road, Barkisland, Calderdale |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Mr S Brierley |
| Licence issued | 26 September 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 August 1982 |
| First waste input | 23 October 1978 |
| Last waste input | 11 December 1980 |
| Area | 0.17 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 406500, 421000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Spring Hill QuarryCommercialInert
- Spring Rock QuarriesCommercialInert
- Moor QuarriesLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Sports ClubWaste types not recorded
- Bowers Hall FarmCommercialInert
- Land off Saddleworth RoadCommercialInert
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.