Kings Road Depot
SpecialIndustrialInert
Kings Road Depot is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Droylsden. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1971 and 1992, covering about 5.13 hectares. Reference EAHLD16548, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16548 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Kings Road Depot |
| Address | Audenshaw, Tameside, Tameshaw, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | North West Water Plc |
| Licence issued | 18 March 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 5 April 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1971 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1992 |
| Area | 5.13 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 390700, 397100 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Rear of 294 Audenshaw RoadIndustrial
- Gorton Disused Railway CuttingInert
- Audenshaw Curve RailwayInert
- Gorby RoadInert
- Cooperas LaneWaste types not recorded
- Abbey Hey LaneWaste 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.