Duxon Hill Quarry
HouseholdCommercialInert
Duxon Hill Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1946 and 1985, covering about 1.59 hectares. Reference EAHLD06840, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06840 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Duxon Hill Quarry |
| Address | Off Dover Lane, Hoghton, Near Preston, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Chorley Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | Preload Limited |
| Licence issued | 17 February 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 31 December 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1946 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1985 |
| Area | 1.59 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 361100, 425700 |
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.
- 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
- Higher Barn FarmInert
- Mill House FarmInert
- Weasel LaneInert
- Oram House FarmInert
- Gorton Brook FarmInert
- Brindle Sand PitSpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
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.