South West Boundary
SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
South West Boundary is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Haslingden, Lancashire. It received special (hazardous), industrial, commercial and inert waste between 1983 and 1993, covering about 1.04 hectares. Reference EAHLD07174, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07174 |
|---|---|
| Site name | South West Boundary |
| Address | Paragon Works, Off Manchester Road, Baxenden, Rossendale, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Baxenden Chemical Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 5 April 1984 |
| Licence surrendered | 10 August 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1983 |
| Last waste input | 9 August 1993 |
| Area | 1.04 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 377500, 425500 |
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.
- 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
- Baxenden Dye WorksIndustrialInert
- G HoldenInert
- Turkey Red Dye WorksIndustrialCommercialInert
- Turkey Red Dye WorksInert
- Rising Bridge InnInert
- Rising Bridge Railway CuttingInert
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.