Morpeth Lock and Branch Dock
IndustrialInert
Morpeth Lock and Branch Dock is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Birkenhead. It received industrial and inert waste between 1989 and 1993, covering about 2.48 hectares. Reference EAHLD16844, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16844 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Morpeth Lock and Branch Dock |
| Address | Shore Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Merseyside Development Corporation |
| Licence issued | 18 September 1989 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 March 1993 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 2.48 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 332600, 389400 |
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
- West End of Egerton DockIndustrialInert
- Monks Ferry Brow / Rose Brae DocksIndustrial
- Monks Ferry Railway Cutting / S C Jones Rail Tunnels / Woodside TunnelInert
- Alfred Dock River EntranceIndustrial
- Monks Ferry Cutting / Monks Ferry branch / Monks Ferry BrowIndustrial
- Monks Ferry Docks / Rose Brae 3, 4, 5 and 6 DocksIndustrialInert
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.