Historic landfill sites in Bishop Auckland, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Bishop Auckland, County Durham. covering roughly 107 hectares in total. The largest is Witton Park Quarry at 35.05 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bishop Auckland (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witton Park Quarry | 35.05 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Witton Park Quarry No.2 | 20.86 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Bolam Quarry No.1 | 19.08 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Randolph Colliery | 9.01 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Vaughan Brickworks | 4.62 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tips at Brussleton Lane | 4.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Broom Mill and Hummerbeck | 3.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fylands Tip | 2.96 ha | — | Industrial |
| Etherley Dene | 2.46 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Escomb West | 1.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| High Hulam | 0.93 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tindale Crescent | 0.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Flatts Farm | 0.82 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Greenfields Pit Shaft | 0.36 ha | 1994 | SpecialHouseholdCommercial |
| Coppy Crooks Farm | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Escomb North East | 0.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Hall Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Moors Farm | 0.08 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
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 Bishop Auckland?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bishop Auckland 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 Bishop Auckland?
- 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.