Poaka Beck Reservoir
Inert
Poaka Beck Reservoir is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Dalton-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness. It received inert waste between 1985 and 1993, covering about 0.81 hectares. Reference EAHLD07714, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07714 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Poaka Beck Reservoir |
| Address | Marton, Ulverston, Cumbria |
| Site operator | North West Water Limited |
| Licence holder | North West Water Authority |
| Licence issued | 1 September 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 17 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 October 1985 |
| Last waste input | 28 February 1993 |
| Area | 0.81 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northern NW |
| Grid reference | 324200, 478000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Marton Quarries at Old Chapel WorksCommercialInert
- Lindal MoorWaste types not recorded
- Castle Hill WtwWaste types not recorded
- Ian BrownWaste types not recorded
- Tytup Farm Stage 1 - Phase 1 and 2IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.