Historic landfill sites in Bolton upon Dearne
The Environment Agency records 7 historic landfill sites in and around Bolton upon Dearne. covering roughly 12 hectares in total. The largest is Former Chock Site adjacent to Doncaster Road at 3.47 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bolton upon Dearne (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Chock Site adjacent to Doncaster Road | 3.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Manvers Coking Plant Site | 2.86 ha | — | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Bolton Road | 1.89 ha | — | Inert |
| Former Manvers Main Colliery / Known as site 'E' | 1.66 ha | — | SpecialInert |
| Station Road | 0.86 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Barnburgh Tip | 0.77 ha | — | Special |
| Wath Manvers Former Coal Preparation Site | 0.59 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
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 Bolton upon Dearne?
- 7 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bolton upon Dearne 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 Bolton upon Dearne?
- 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.