Withnell Fold
Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Withnell Fold is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Chorley, Lancashire. It received liquid/sludge and industrial waste in 1991, covering about 0.08 hectares. Reference EAHLD07556, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD07556 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Withnell Fold |
| Address | Withnell, Chorley, Lancashire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Lancashire County Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 February 1991 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1991 |
| Area | 0.08 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Central NW |
| Grid reference | 361200, 423400 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Brindle Sand PitSpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
- Boardsman's HeightsWaste types not recorded
- Gorton Brook FarmInert
- Bury LaneSpecialIndustrialInert
- T. Witters LimitedIndustrialInert
- Cophurst Lane Sand QuarryInert
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.