The two-acre dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, Wigan, Manchester., holds over 25,000 tonnes of rubbish including black bin bags full of household rubbish like nappies as well as harmful chemicals and plastics.
Disgruntled locals say a procession of lorries carrying waste to the site which piled rubbish up to 20 metres high over several months began in January. A number of householders claim there was reluctance by the authorities to intervene when they first complained at the beginning of this year.
But Wigan Council has since taken action successfully applying for two closure order following a fire - which was declared as a major incident - that broke out at the dump in July. One resident, who did not want to be identified, said: “It’s absolutely horrible here.”
Check out the gallery from the awful site below...
5. An illegal fly-tipping site in Bickershaw, Wigan, 29 October 2025. // Dozens of residents say their lives are being blighted by rats, flies and terrible smells from a mountain of illegal rotting waste dumped near their homes. The two-acre dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, Wigan, Manchester., holds over 25,000 tonnes of rubbish including black bin bags full of household rubbish like nappies as well as harmful chemicals and plastics. Disgruntled locals say a procession of lorries carrying waste to the site which piled rubbish up to 20 metres high over several months began in January. A number of householders claim there was reluctance by the authorities to intervene when they first complained at the beginning of this year.
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6. An illegal fly-tipping site in Bickershaw, Wigan, 29 October 2025. // Dozens of residents say their lives are being blighted by rats, flies and terrible smells from a mountain of illegal rotting waste dumped near their homes. The two-acre dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, Wigan, Manchester., holds over 25,000 tonnes of rubbish including black bin bags full of household rubbish like nappies as well as harmful chemicals and plastics. Disgruntled locals say a procession of lorries carrying waste to the site which piled rubbish up to 20 metres high over several months began in January. A number of householders claim there was reluctance by the authorities to intervene when they first complained at the beginning of this year.
Charley Atkins / SWNS
7. An illegal fly-tipping site in Bickershaw, Wigan, 29 October 2025. // Dozens of residents say their lives are being blighted by rats, flies and terrible smells from a mountain of illegal rotting waste dumped near their homes. The two-acre dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, Wigan, Manchester., holds over 25,000 tonnes of rubbish including black bin bags full of household rubbish like nappies as well as harmful chemicals and plastics. Disgruntled locals say a procession of lorries carrying waste to the site which piled rubbish up to 20 metres high over several months began in January. A number of householders claim there was reluctance by the authorities to intervene when they first complained at the beginning of this year.
Charley Atkins / SWNS
8. An illegal fly-tipping site in Bickershaw, Wigan, 29 October 2025. // Dozens of residents say their lives are being blighted by rats, flies and terrible smells from a mountain of illegal rotting waste dumped near their homes. The two-acre dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, Wigan, Manchester., holds over 25,000 tonnes of rubbish including black bin bags full of household rubbish like nappies as well as harmful chemicals and plastics. Disgruntled locals say a procession of lorries carrying waste to the site which piled rubbish up to 20 metres high over several months began in January. A number of householders claim there was reluctance by the authorities to intervene when they first complained at the beginning of this year.
Charley Atkins / SWNS