Simpson Clough Mills
SpecialIndustrialInert
Simpson Clough Mills is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Heywood. It received special (hazardous), industrial and inert waste from 1939, covering about 0.16 hectares. Reference EAHLD15750, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD15750 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Simpson Clough Mills |
| Address | Heywood |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | James R Ccompton and Brothers Limited |
| Licence issued | 24 November 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1939 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 0.16 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 385200, 411900 |
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
- Buly and Rochdale Old RoadIndustrialCommercialInert
- Former Gasholder SiteWaste types not recorded
- Hooley Bridge WorksWaste types not recorded
- Hooley BridgeWaste types not recorded
- Park View Landfill SiteHouseholdCommercialInert
- Roach MillIndustrialHousehold
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.