Preston Grasshoppers RFC
Inert
Preston Grasshoppers RFC is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Fulwood, Lancashire. It received inert waste between 1980 and 1989, covering about 1.71 hectares. Reference EAHLD06914, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06914 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Preston Grasshoppers RFC |
| Address | Adjacent to M55, Lightfoot Green Lane, Preston, Fulwood, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Preston Grass Hoppers RFC |
| Licence issued | 22 August 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 7 February 1991 |
| First waste input | Not recorded |
| Last waste input | 1 September 1989 |
| Area | 1.71 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 351800, 433700 |
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
- Ingol Distributor RoadIndustrialCommercialInert
- Cottam BrickworksIndustrialInert
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.