Historic landfill sites in Adwick le Street
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Adwick le Street. covering roughly 84 hectares in total. The largest is Skelbrooke Quarry at 21.37 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Adwick le Street (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skelbrooke Quarry | 21.37 ha | 1984 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sourpiece Wood, Rockley Lane | 11.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Carcroft Landfill Site | 9.82 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sutton Quarry | 6.86 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| The disused railway cutting between Pickburn Village and Wakefield Road | 5.15 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Darrington Long Lane Quarry | 4.8 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Mill Lane | 3.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Freestone Quarry | 3.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Norton Common Lane | 3.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Skelbrooke Quarry | 2.75 ha | — | Commercial |
| Parkwood Quarry | 2.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| National Coal Board Tip | 2.06 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Askern Brickworks | 1.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Long Edge Quarry | 1.72 ha | 1986 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Mayfeilds | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Quarry Hole | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Darrington Long Lane Quarry | 0.47 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Adwick Lane | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Town Quarry | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hills And Holes Farm | 0.23 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barnsdale Bar Quarry | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Adwick le Street?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Adwick le Street town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Adwick le Street?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.