Historic landfill sites in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. covering roughly 62 hectares in total. The largest is Lount at 19 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ashby-de-la-Zouch (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lount | 19 ha | — | Commercial |
| Smoile Wood | 7.5 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Measham Red Bank Brickworks | 5.99 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Lount | 5.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lount Landfill Site C, Above Ground | 4.68 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Doles Quarry Landfill | 4.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nottingham Road Industrial Estate | 3.62 ha | 1992 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land Adjoining Cross House | 2.54 ha | 1990 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Donisthorpe Landfill Site C - Canal Tip | 1.96 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Cliftonthorpe Landfill Site | 1.65 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Measham Landfill Site | 1.29 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Smisby Road Landfill Site | 1.17 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Canal Tip | 0.84 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Lime Yards | 0.38 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council Waste Disposal Site | 0.31 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Oakthorpe Landfill Site | 0.3 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Lount Wood Farm | 0.22 ha | 2001 | Inert |
| Lloyds Landfill Site | 0.16 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Corkscrew Lane | 0.14 ha | 1965 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ashby-de-la-Zouch 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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch?
- 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.