Lightbowne Phase II
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Lightbowne Phase II is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Failsworth. It received industrial and inert waste between 1980 and 1981, covering about 4.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD16420, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16420 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Lightbowne Phase II |
| Address | St Marys Road - Joyce Street, Kenyan Lane, Moston, Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | George Cox and Sons Limited |
| Licence issued | 7 May 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 25 January 1996 |
| First waste input | 7 May 1980 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1981 |
| Area | 4.34 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 387700, 401100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Land off Reliance StreetWaste types not recorded
- Land at Mill LaneWaste types not recorded
- Land off Bluestone RoadWaste types not recorded
- Land off Mill StreetWaste types not recorded
- Land adjacent to Church Lane NorthHouseholdCommercial
- Land to the rear of FairwayWaste 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.