Historic landfill sites in Barnard Castle, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Barnard Castle, County Durham. covering roughly 26 hectares in total. The largest is Hulands Quarry at 11.92 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Barnard Castle (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulands Quarry | 11.92 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Hedrick Grange | 3.48 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Boldron Field 884 | 2.62 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Mickleton North End, Barnard Castle | 2.1 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Kilmondwood Quarry | 1.52 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land South of Woodland | 0.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cleatlam Lane | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land South East of Lynesack | 0.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mickleton Waste Disposal Site | 0.52 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land West of Spanham | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land South of Little Newsham | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land East of Copley | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mount Pleasant | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land South of Little Newsham | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tips at Arn Gill Tramway | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tips at Arn Gill Tramway No.2 | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Tip South West of Cockfield | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Pit North West of Cockfield | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tips at Arn Gill Tramway No.1 | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land South of Cockfield | 0.01 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 Barnard Castle?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Barnard Castle 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 Barnard Castle?
- 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.