Landfill Check

Pinfold Quarry

CommercialInert

Pinfold Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sowerby Bridge. It received commercial and inert waste between 1987 and 1990, covering about 0.32 hectares. Reference EAHLD04128, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD04128
Site namePinfold Quarry
AddressScammonden Road, Barkisland, Halifax
Site operatorNot recorded
Licence holderC E Riley Esq
Licence issued25 June 1987
Licence surrendered18 April 1994
First waste input30 April 1987
Last waste input31 December 1990
Area0.32 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaRidings NE
Grid reference405400, 419500

Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.

Boundary map

What these waste types mean

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

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.