Greengate
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Greengate is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Middleton. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1948 and 1996, covering about 6.15 hectares. Reference EAHLD16273, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16273 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Greengate |
| Address | Off Greengate, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | G Wimpey and Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 13 June 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 11 March 1996 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1948 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 6.15 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 388000, 403600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- 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
- Chadderton LandfillSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Land off Greenside WayWaste types not recorded
- Greengate Industrial EstateSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Land Off Charlestown RoadLiquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial
- Greengate StreetIndustrial
- Land at Wince BrookInert
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.