Historic landfill sites in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees. covering roughly 49 hectares in total. The largest is Fleet Bridge Road at 7.95 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Billingham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Bridge Road | 7.95 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Claxton Grange | 6.45 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North of the Thorpe Theules to Wolviston Road | 4.8 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| West of Billingham Motors | 4.52 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Station Road Landfill | 3.9 ha | — | Industrial |
| Sand and Gravel Pit | 2.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Calf Fallow Farm | 2.73 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Blakestone Lane | 2.72 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| West Side of Proposed A13 Diversion | 2.14 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Gravel Hole Farm | 2.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gravel Hole Farm | 1.86 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| North of Thorpe Beck | 1.71 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Field No. 0011 | 1.67 ha | 1991 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Boundary of ICI Billingham Works and Roscoe Road | 1.09 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Land to the Rear of Station Road | 0.86 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| South of Billingham Beck | 0.69 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Wynyard | 0.29 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Gravel Hole Farm | 0.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the rear and side of 7 Stapleton Street | 0.16 ha | 1984 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Sewage Works North of A1185 | 0.12 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Wynyard Road | 0.09 ha | 1972 | 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 Billingham?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Billingham 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 Billingham?
- 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.