Historic landfill sites in Bawtry
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Bawtry. covering roughly 53 hectares in total. The largest is Cantley Quarry at 12.8 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bawtry (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantley Quarry | 12.8 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Field OS 006, Redland Gravel | 10.48 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Brooklands Lane | 4.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Harworth Glass Bulbs Limited | 3.12 ha | 1988 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Land at Rear of V and K Premises | 2.96 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Torworth Tip | 2.26 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sand and Gravel Pit/Auckley Quarry | 2.05 ha | — | Inert |
| Common Lane | 1.99 ha | — | Inert |
| Bawtry Road | 1.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Refuse Tip off Bawtry Road | 1.43 ha | 1976 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Railway Cutting/Hepworth Refractories Limited | 1.34 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Rear of Nurseries/Shakespeare's Nurseries | 1.34 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Narrow Lane | 0.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Refuse Tip off Bawtry Road | 0.88 ha | — | Commercial |
| Railway Cutting East of A614, Manor Farm | 0.87 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Bawtry, Gainsborough Road | 0.84 ha | — | Inert |
| Barrow Hill | 0.83 ha | — | Household |
| Land off Bank End Road | 0.61 ha | 1987 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Old Quarry, Top of Wrights Hill | 0.54 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Hurst Lane | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Off A614 | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to Mattersey Road | 0.36 ha | 1982 | 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 Bawtry?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bawtry 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 Bawtry?
- 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.