Land to North of Withens Clough Reservoir
CommercialInert
Land to North of Withens Clough Reservoir is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hebden Bridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1988 and 1990, covering about 0.97 hectares. Reference EAHLD04084, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04084 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Land to North of Withens Clough Reservoir |
| Address | Off Rud Lane, Withens Clough, Mytholmroyd |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Yorkshire Water Services Limited |
| Licence issued | 1 August 1988 |
| Licence surrendered | 22 September 1992 |
| First waste input | 31 August 1988 |
| Last waste input | 21 June 1990 |
| Area | 0.97 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 398200, 423200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Turley Holes FarmWaste types not recorded
- Grainge CottageCommercialInert
- Rear of Fielden HospitalInert
- East ViewInert
- Station House HotelHouseholdInert
- South of Station House HotelWaste 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.