Owl Wood Sewage Works
HouseholdCommercial
Owl Wood Sewage Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Castleford. It received household and commercial waste between 1967 and 1974, covering about 1.92 hectares. Reference EAHLD31802, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31802 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Owl Wood Sewage Works |
| Address | Allerton Bywater, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Garforth Urban District Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1967 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1974 |
| Area | 1.92 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 441500, 428800 |
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
- Eastern Side of Brigshaw LaneCommercialInert
- Leeds RoadInert
- Kippax Holder StationCommercialInert
- Land at Main StreetInert
- Adjacent to the Aire and Calder NavigationsWaste types not recorded
- Crispin QuarryCommercial
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.