Historic landfill sites in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness
The Environment Agency records 10 historic landfill sites in and around Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness. covering roughly 19 hectares in total. The largest is British Gypsum Tip at 9.88 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Appleby-in-Westmorland (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Gypsum Tip | 9.88 ha | 1968 | Waste types not recorded |
| Kirkby Thore Landfill 304 | 2.89 ha | — | Industrial |
| Blasterfield Quarry Crosby, Ravensworth | 2.67 ha | — | Inert |
| Sideway Bank Quarries | 1.04 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| British Gypsum Works | 0.75 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Jingling Pot Quarry | 0.5 ha | 1976 | Waste types not recorded |
| Long Rigg | 0.43 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry at Hazels Wood | 0.31 ha | — | Commercial |
| W A Tinkler | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Field OS 5168 Bongate | 0.21 ha | 1990 | Inert |
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 Appleby-in-Westmorland?
- 10 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Appleby-in-Westmorland 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 Appleby-in-Westmorland?
- 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.