Landfill Check

Eastwoods Tip North

Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert

Eastwoods Tip North is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Halifax. It received liquid/sludge, commercial and inert waste between 1978 and 1981, covering about 1.38 hectares. Reference EAHLD04114, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD04114
Site nameEastwoods Tip North
AddressQuarry No.2, Ringny Lane, Pule Hill, Halifax
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderChris Wright (Baildon) Limited
Licence issued13 February 1979
Licence surrendered22 August 1988
First waste input31 December 1978
Last waste input31 December 1981
Area1.38 ha
Gas controlYes
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference408700, 428200

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

Liquid / sludge:
liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
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

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.