Rivacre Valley
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Rivacre Valley is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1988, covering about 12.48 hectares. Reference EAHLD17046, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD17046 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rivacre Valley |
| Address | Off North Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire |
| Site operator | Director Dept Highways and Transportation |
| Licence holder | Director Dept Highways and Transportation |
| Licence issued | 26 June 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 March 1985 |
| Last waste input | 31 March 1988 |
| Area | 12.48 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 338500, 378800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Rivacre Valley Ship CanalIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Hooton ParkWaste types not recorded
- Hooton ParkWaste types not recorded
- Hooton AirfieldWaste types not recorded
- Rosemore Road WestWaste 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.