Marsh Lane Tip
HouseholdCommercial
Marsh Lane Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Halifax. It received household and commercial waste between 1948 and 1976, covering about 2.47 hectares. Reference EAHLD31840, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31840 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Marsh Lane Tip |
| Address | Southoram, Halifax, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Borough of Brighouse Cleansing Department |
| Licence holder | D Hodgeson |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1948 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1976 |
| Area | 2.47 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 411000, 424700 |
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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Thumpus QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Thumpas QuarryWaste types not recorded
- North of Field HouseWaste types not recorded
- Marsh Delves LaneWaste types not recorded
- Dark Lane QuarryInert
- Bank Top WorksCommercialInert
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.