Midgeland Farm
IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Midgeland Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire. It received industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1973 and 1984, covering about 44.96 hectares. Reference EAHLD07682, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07682 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Midgeland Farm |
| Address | Midgeland Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Lancashire County Council |
| Licence holder | Lancashire County Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1973 |
| Last waste input | 31 October 1984 |
| Area | 44.96 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 334300, 431900 |
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.
- 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
- Ashley NurseryInert
- MosslandsHouseholdInert
- East of New Hall AvenueInert
- Wren Rovers Car ParkInert
- Dickies LaneIndustrialCommercialInert
- School RoadHousehold
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.