Manface HWS Quarry, Landfill Site
HouseholdCommercialInert
Manface HWS Quarry, Landfill Site is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hemsworth. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1989, covering about 2.92 hectares. Reference EAHLD03550, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03550 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Manface HWS Quarry, Landfill Site |
| Address | Holmsley Lane, between Brierley and South Kirkby, Pontefract |
| Site operator | West Yorkshire Waste Diposal Authority |
| Licence holder | West Yorkshire Waste Diposal Authority |
| Licence issued | 3 March 1995 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1985 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1989 |
| Area | 2.92 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 443000, 410400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- 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
- Manface Quarry, Landfill SiteWaste types not recorded
- South Moor WhinHousehold
- Land off Southmoor RoadWaste types not recorded
- Hague HallWaste types not recorded
- Brierley Railway CuttingHousehold
- Land at BellholmeInert
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.