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Historic landfill sites in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire

The Environment Agency records 34 historic landfill sites in and around Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire. covering roughly 32 hectares in total. The largest is Dam Road at 5.63 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Barton-upon-Humber (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Dam Road5.63 ha1977Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Barton Cliff Quarry Landfill3.67 haInert
Chemical Works Site A2.06 haIndustrial
Marsh Lane2.03 haIndustrialInert
West Most Pit1.96 ha1992Inert
Chemical Lane1.77 ha1991IndustrialInert
Mill Farm1.52 ha1986Inert
Sewage Disposal Works1.23 haLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
Disused Workings off Middlegate Lane1.17 ha1973IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Ulceby0.95 ha1975HouseholdCommercial
Spring Farm0.8 ha1985Inert
Low Farm0.71 haIndustrial
Caistor Road/Grammar School Road0.71 haWaste types not recorded
Ferry Road0.67 ha1979HouseholdCommercialInert
Barton Road0.65 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Disused Quarry off Barton Road0.57 ha1990Inert
Melton Ross Quarry (West)0.49 haWaste types not recorded
Caistor Road0.49 ha1978SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Burnham Lodge0.48 haIndustrial
Bonby Top0.43 haWaste types not recorded
Chapel Farm0.42 haLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
Goxhill Tileries0.42 ha1993Inert
Hoe Hill Landfill0.39 ha1993IndustrialInert
Ferriby Hill0.33 haWaste types not recorded
Saxby All Saints0.29 haLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
Horkstow0.28 haIndustrial
Barrow Grange0.28 haIndustrialHousehold
Worlaby Top0.23 haIndustrial
North Of Horkstow Road0.2 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Barrow Hann0.2 haIndustrial
Barrow Wold Farm0.17 ha1994Inert
High Wood Farm0.16 haIndustrial
Barton Landfill Site0.15 haIndustrialInert
Deepdale0.12 haIndustrial

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 Barton-upon-Humber?
34 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Barton-upon-Humber 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 Barton-upon-Humber?
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.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.