Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal
IndustrialInert
Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Warrington, Warrington. It received industrial and inert waste between 1979 and 1982, covering about 1.69 hectares. Reference EAHLD16932, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD16932 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear Canal |
| Address | Reclamation Scheme, Off Loushers Lane, Warrington, Cheshire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Bullen and Davies (Contractors) Limited |
| Licence issued | 22 August 1979 |
| Licence surrendered | 10 August 1982 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1979 |
| Last waste input | 10 August 1982 |
| Area | 1.69 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 361400, 386600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear CanalInert
- Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear CanalIndustrialInert
- Runcorn and Latchford - Blackbear CanalIndustrialInert
- Pier Point And BryantIndustrialInert
- Former BSC ReservoirInert
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.