Lomax Mill Tip No.2
IndustrialCommercialInert
Lomax Mill Tip No.2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Little Lever. It received industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1914 and 1986, covering about 1.28 hectares. Reference EAHLD15919, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD15919 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Lomax Mill Tip No.2 |
| Address | Off Lomax Bank, Little Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Radcliffe Paper Mill Company |
| Licence issued | 19 October 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 18 January 1986 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1914 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 1.28 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 375100, 408000 |
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.
- 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
- Land at Davenport FarmWaste types not recorded
- Lomax Mill Tip No.1IndustrialInert
- Land at Dove BankIndustrialInert
- Land to the rear of 659 Radcliffe RoadInert
- Rear of Lever IronworksIndustrialInert
- Hall Lane Chemical TipWaste 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.