Landfill Check

Gas Works Tip

HouseholdInert

Gas Works Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Brierfield, Lancashire. It received household and inert waste between 1978 and 1981, covering about 2.54 hectares. Reference EAHLD06832, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD06832
Site nameGas Works Tip
AddressChatburn Park, Clogger Bridge, Brierfield, Lancashire
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderSir Alfred McAlpine and Sons Northern Limited
Licence issued30 June 1978
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste inputNot recorded
Last waste input31 December 1981
Area2.54 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaCentral NW
Grid reference384300, 436700

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

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.