Historic landfill sites in Alnwick, Northumberland
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around Alnwick, Northumberland. covering roughly 40 hectares in total. The largest is Harecrag Quarry at 11.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Alnwick (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harecrag Quarry | 11.11 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Disused Quarry East of Embleton | 8.15 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Denwick South Quarry | 3.01 ha | — | Inert |
| Denwick Quarry | 2.5 ha | — | Industrial |
| East Cawledge | 2.48 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Howick Quarry | 1.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ryan Leigh Newton on the Moor | 1.33 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Harlaw Hill Extension | 1.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Longdyke Farm Shilbottle | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Harlaw Hill | 0.88 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Beacon Hill | 0.79 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Denwick North Quarry | 0.71 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Harlaw Hill 4 | 0.68 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Alnwick Depot | 0.61 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Harlaw Hill 3 | 0.55 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Harlaw Hill North Quarry | 0.55 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Alnwick Sewage Works | 0.5 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Silvermoor Farm | 0.43 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Lesbury | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Alnmouth | 0.2 ha | 1962 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Brunton | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Broad Wood | 0.2 ha | 1945 | Household |
| Longhoughton | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Coastguard Watch | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Newton | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| West Fallodon | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
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 Alnwick?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Alnwick 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 Alnwick?
- 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.