Recreation Grounds at Lower Fields
Inert
Recreation Grounds at Lower Fields is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lees. It received inert waste between 1909 and 1984, covering about 0.89 hectares. Reference EAHLD16316, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16316 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Recreation Grounds at Lower Fields |
| Address | Warren Lane, Off Abbeyhills Road, Fitton Hill, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | United Reformed Church |
| Licence issued | 23 May 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1909 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1984 |
| Area | 0.89 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 393900, 403200 |
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
- Deanshut CloughHouseholdCommercialInert
- Land at Nether Hey StreetWaste types not recorded
- Opposite 4 Norbury LaneInert
- Land At Glodwick LowsInert
- Land at Pitt Street EastWaste types not recorded
- Land at FernhillWaste 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.