Historic landfill sites in Annfield Plain, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 12 historic landfill sites in and around Annfield Plain, County Durham. covering roughly 39 hectares in total. The largest is Bowes Hobson Opencast Site at 9.27 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Annfield Plain (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowes Hobson Opencast Site | 9.27 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Brooms Dene Waste Disposal Sit | 9.06 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brooms Dene Tip | 8.57 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land South of Greencroft | 5.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area H North of Kyo | 1.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East of Flint Hill | 1.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land North of Greencroft | 1.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Kyo | 0.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area J North of West Kyo | 0.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area A Wilk's Hill Quarry | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area F South of Burnopfield | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area G West of Oxhill | 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 Annfield Plain?
- 12 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Annfield Plain 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 Annfield Plain?
- 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.