Geecross Mill
Inert
Geecross Mill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hyde. It received inert waste between 1966 and 1987, covering about 0.4 hectares. Reference EAHLD16691, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16691 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Geecross Mill |
| Address | Apethorne Lane, Hyde |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Messrs Wilson and Swift |
| Licence issued | 1 October 1986 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1966 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Area | 0.4 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 394200, 393600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Apethorne LaneWaste types not recorded
- Gower Road/Kirley StreetWaste types not recorded
- Gravel Bank FarmIndustrialInert
- King Edward RoadWaste types not recorded
- Wellington WorksCommercialInert
- Mill LodgeInert
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.