Grimesbottom
Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert
Grimesbottom is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stockport. It received liquid/sludge, industrial, commercial and inert waste until 1972, covering about 9.45 hectares. Reference EAHLD16772, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16772 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Grimesbottom |
| Address | South of Tiviot Way, Stockport, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Stockport Corporation Cleansing Services Department |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 13 January 1972 |
| Area | 9.45 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 389700, 391200 |
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.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- 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
- Stockport Branch CanalWaste types not recorded
- North WoodhallSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Land adjacent to M63 RoundaboutIndustrialInert
- Conway StreetIndustrialInert
- North WoodhallSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Baron StreetWaste types not recorded
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.