Otterspool Phase 2
HouseholdCommercialInert
Otterspool Phase 2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bebington. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1930 and 1980, covering about 31.5 hectares. Reference EAHLD16938, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16938 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Otterspool Phase 2 |
| Address | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Site operator | Liverpool Corporation, Enviromental Health and Protection Department, Cleansing Division |
| Licence holder | Merseyside County Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1930 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1980 |
| Area | 31.5 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 336800, 386300 |
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
- Otterspool Landfill Site / Jericho South ShoreIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Fullwood ParkWaste types not recorded
- Dingle (Extension of Otterspool by M.C.C)HouseholdInert
- Old Dingle Oil TerminalIndustrialInert
- Otterspool Phase 1IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Herculaneum Branch DockWaste 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.