Rough Park Quarry
SpecialIndustrialInert
Rough Park Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Skelmersdale, Lancashire. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste from 1978, covering about 9.99 hectares. Reference EAHLD07572, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07572 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rough Park Quarry |
| Address | Off Beacon Lane, Upholland, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Groundfill Wigan Limited |
| Licence issued | 29 September 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 30 September 1978 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 9.99 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Yes |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 351200, 406600 |
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
- Knights CottageHousehold
- Off Lafford LaneInert
- Whitley RoadInert
- Tower Hill QuarryIndustrialInert
- Dean WoodInert
- Dingle QuarryHouseholdInert
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.