Historic landfill sites in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. covering roughly 22 hectares in total. The largest is Woldgate Tip at 12.02 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bridlington (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woldgate Tip | 12.02 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Noldgate - Haverdale | 1.87 ha | 1950 | Household |
| Bessingby Chalk Pit | 1.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land East of Church Lane | 0.88 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Stonepit Lane | 0.77 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Mill Hill Depot | 0.61 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| West Backside | 0.6 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| White Hill | 0.57 ha | — | Household |
| Disused Pit off Thornholme Field | 0.54 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Flamborough West | 0.51 ha | 1969 | Household |
| Grindle Parish Tip | 0.37 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gransmoor Lodge | 0.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grindale Lane | 0.26 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gransmoor Kelk | 0.26 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Woldgate | 0.25 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Buckton Farm | 0.2 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Grindale site A | 0.19 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Disused Pit off Burton Agnes Balk | 0.13 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Negas/no 4 Gas Holder | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Negas No.1 Gas Holder | 0.07 ha | 1993 | HouseholdInert |
| Disused Pit at Disused Water Works | 0.05 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Negas No.4 Gas Holder | 0.02 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Negas No.2 Gas Holder | 0.01 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Negas Tarwell No.1 | 0.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Negas Tarwell No.2 | — | — | 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 Bridlington?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bridlington 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 Bridlington?
- 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.