Kirkstall Power Station
Liquid / sludgeInert
Kirkstall Power Station is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Leeds. It received liquid/sludge and inert waste from 1985, covering about 0.88 hectares. Reference EAHLD03830, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03830 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Kirkstall Power Station |
| Address | Thackley, Bradford |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Divisional Manager |
| Licence issued | 31 January 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.88 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 427000, 434200 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Kirkstall Power StationLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
- The GoitHouseholdCommercialInert
- Old AshfieldsCommercialInert
- Kirkstall Holder StationCommercialInert
- 116 Commercial Road / Kirkstall RoadWaste types not recorded
- Blue Hill QuarryIndustrial
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.