Dunnockshaw
HouseholdInert
Dunnockshaw is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Burnley, Lancashire. It received household and inert waste between 1948 and 1963, covering about 1.5 hectares. Reference EAHLD07065, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07065 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Dunnockshaw |
| Address | Off Manchester Road, Clowbridge, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Burnley Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1948 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1963 |
| Area | 1.5 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 382600, 428600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Dunnockshaw FarmWaste types not recorded
- Loveclough DunnockshawWaste types not recorded
- R. Rawcliffe LimitedWaste types not recorded
- LodgeWaste types not recorded
- Timber HillWaste 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.