Rushforth Works
CommercialInert
Rushforth Works is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Batley. It received commercial and inert waste between 1985 and 1986, covering about 1.21 hectares. Reference EAHLD03675, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03675 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Rushforth Works |
| Address | Land at the Rear of 132 Wakefield Road, Drighlington |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Sharkey Brothers Limited |
| Licence issued | 2 January 1985 |
| Licence surrendered | 13 October 1986 |
| First waste input | 23 August 1985 |
| Last waste input | 13 February 1986 |
| Area | 1.21 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 423200, 428100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Rushforth WorksCommercialInert
- Rushforth Quarry / Rear Of 132 Wakefield RoadInert
- Rear Of 132 Wakefield RoadSpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Rear Of 132 Wakefield RoadCommercialInert
- Land Adjacent to Rushforth Quarry and Owlett HallIndustrialCommercialInert
- Rushforth WorksIndustrialInert
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.