Land at Luddenden Foot
Liquid / sludgeInert
Land at Luddenden Foot is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sowerby Bridge. It received liquid/sludge and inert waste between 1985 and 1989, covering about 0.26 hectares. Reference EAHLD04086, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04086 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land at Luddenden Foot |
| Address | Off Station Road, Luddenden Foot |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, Town Planning Department |
| Licence issued | 20 March 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 June 1993 |
| First waste input | 30 November 1985 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 0.26 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 403700, 424800 |
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
- Luddenden Foot Gas WorksWaste types not recorded
- St Walburga's ChurchInert
- High Royd WoodLiquid / sludge
- Land adjoining Stoney Springs MillCommercialInert
- Warley Town RUFCInert
- Oats Royd Mill ( South )IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.