Historic landfill sites in Bakewell, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Bakewell, Derbyshire. covering roughly 65 hectares in total. The largest is Whitehouse Farm at 9.24 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bakewell (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse Farm | 9.24 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| High Peak Silica Quarry | 7.82 ha | 1982 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Hope Works | 3.84 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Hartshead Quarry | 3.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Middle Hay Quarry | 3.55 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council Waste Disposal Site | 3.4 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Conksbury Lane | 3.03 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Heathcote Pit Waste Disposal Site | 2.7 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Magpie Mine | 2.58 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Haddon Grove | 2.45 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Kenslow Mineral Site Sand Pit | 2.23 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Ashford Road Tip/Derbyshire County Council Waste Disposal Site | 2.06 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Flourspar Workings | 2.04 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| White Rake, Great Longstone | 2.01 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Long Rake | 1.93 ha | — | Industrial |
| Scrin Rake | 1.66 ha | — | Inert |
| Vincent House Farm Landfill Site | 1.38 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Cracknowl Quarry | 1.34 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Deep Dale | 1.27 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Kirkdale | 1.27 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Custard Fields | 1.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Newburgh Engineering Company Limited | 0.78 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Land Off Black Harry Lane | 0.77 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Coombsdale Tip | 0.75 ha | 1972 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Moor Farm Landfill Site | 0.65 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Refuse Tip South of Buxton Road | 0.59 ha | — | Commercial |
| Holme Bank | 0.14 ha | — | Industrial |
| Field End | 0.13 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Field End | 0.08 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Melbourne Farm | 0.07 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Nutseats Tip | 0.02 ha | 1994 | 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 Bakewell?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bakewell 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 Bakewell?
- 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.