Woodcote Farm
HouseholdCommercialInert
Woodcote Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Altrincham. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1972 and 1978, covering about 9.49 hectares. Reference EAHLD31986, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD31986 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Woodcote Farm |
| Address | Sinderland Road, Greater Manchester |
| Site operator | Altrincham Borough Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | 1 January 1974 |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 1 April 1972 |
| Last waste input | 1 April 1978 |
| Area | 9.49 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | South NW |
| Grid reference | 375500, 390500 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- 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
- Altrincham Sewage WorksSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Woodcote FarmIndustrialCommercial
- Sinderland LandHousehold
- Dark LaneLiquid / sludgeHousehold
- Land adjoining Aidina HouseWaste types not recorded
- South of Askers FarmIndustrialCommercial
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.