Roburite Works
SpecialIndustrialInert
Roburite Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Standish. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste between 1978 and 1993, covering about 0.29 hectares. Reference EAHLD07071, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07071 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Roburite Works |
| Address | Off Gathurst Lane, Shevington, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Nobels Explosives Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 5 October 1987 |
| Licence surrendered | 12 March 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1978 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1993 |
| Area | 0.29 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 354300, 407500 |
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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Roburite WorksSpecialIndustrialInert
- Martland Mill BridgeWaste types not recorded
- Dean WoodInert
- Norley QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Whitley RoadInert
- Paradise FarmWaste 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.