Historic landfill sites in Brigg, North Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 14 historic landfill sites in and around Brigg, North Lincolnshire. covering roughly 41 hectares in total. The largest is Kettleby Quarry at 17.53 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Brigg (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettleby Quarry | 17.53 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Scawby Brook Riverside | 12.87 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Barnetby Station | 5.65 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| School Hill Quarry | 1.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Scawby Station | 0.91 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grahams Site | 0.78 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Church Earth Quarry | 0.37 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| North Worlaby | 0.36 ha | — | Industrial |
| Brigg Riverside (Scawby Brook) | 0.2 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Worlaby House Farm | 0.19 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Track Off St Barnabas Road | 0.12 ha | — | Household |
| North Kelsey Road | 0.09 ha | — | Household |
| Elsham Top | 0.08 ha | 1977 | Industrial |
| Elsham Top | 0.05 ha | 1977 | 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 Brigg?
- 14 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Brigg 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 Brigg?
- 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.