Historic landfill sites in Carlisle, Cumberland
The Environment Agency records 41 historic landfill sites in and around Carlisle, Cumberland. covering roughly 134 hectares in total. The largest is Stoney Holme Farm at 44.56 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Carlisle (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Holme Farm | 44.56 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Lower Harker | 10.08 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Durranhill | 8.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Durranhill South Sidings | 8.51 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| York Gardens | 6.68 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHousehold |
| St Ninians Road Landfill Site | 6.08 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cocklakes No.1 | 5.17 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Crosby Moor Refuse Tip | 4.45 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Durdar Farm | 4.34 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Blackwell Brickworks | 3.84 ha | — | Household |
| Old Lonsdale Brickworks | 2.34 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Former Carlisle Power Station | 1.96 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Tower Farm Tip | 1.74 ha | 1981 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Dalston Highways Depot | 1.69 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Thackwood | 1.56 ha | 1987 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cobble Quarry | 1.48 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Nestle Company Limited | 1.44 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Hill Head | 1.43 ha | 1972 | Commercial |
| Engine Lonning Tip | 1.42 ha | 1971 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Howgill Farm | 1.41 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Newbiggin Quarry Refuse Tip | 1.39 ha | — | Commercial |
| Part of Field No.7800 | 1.33 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
| Field No 2780 | 1.28 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cuttings | 1.21 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Gillford Park | 1.04 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Part of Carlisle Racecourse | 0.98 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Beaumont Refuse Tip | 0.93 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Old Quarry | 0.87 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Beaumont | 0.81 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Knockupworth Farm | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cocklakes No.2 | 0.75 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Land at Disused Railway Cuttings | 0.68 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Disused Sandstone Quarry | 0.66 ha | — | Inert |
| Brunstock Farm | 0.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Ellers Mill | 0.6 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Currock Road | 0.38 ha | 1978 | Waste types not recorded |
| Landscaping Mounds | 0.36 ha | — | Inert |
| The Gill Refuse Tip | 0.32 ha | 1973 | Commercial |
| Old Railway Cutting | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lonsdale Brick Works | 0.25 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Redundant Gasholder | 0.2 ha | 1993 | 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 Carlisle?
- 41 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Carlisle 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 Carlisle?
- 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.