Historic landfill sites in Castleford
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Castleford. covering roughly 177 hectares in total. The largest is Wheldale Fryston Colliery Reclamation / River Ban at 78.97 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Castleford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheldale Fryston Colliery Reclamation / River Ban | 78.97 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Methley Quarry | 11.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Victoria Quarry | 11.06 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Roman Road | 10.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Newthorpe Quarry | 10.07 ha | 1984 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whitwood Recreation Ground | 8.04 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Healdfield Quarry Reclamation Site | 7.33 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Laporte's Chemical Works | 6.59 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Healdfield Brickwork Quarry | 5.63 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whitwood Mere | 3.85 ha | 1968 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Leeds Road | 3.73 ha | — | Inert |
| Adjacent to the Aire and Calder Navigations | 2.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barnsdale Road | 2.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East End Of Works | 2.21 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Owl Wood Sewage Works | 1.92 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Crispin Quarry | 1.85 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land at Main Street | 1.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Castleford RUFC Grounds | 1.64 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Grasshoughton Colliery Dirt Stack | 1.62 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Area of Land East of exsisting RSPB Visitor Centre | 1.27 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Old Recreation Ground | 0.93 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Newton Tip | 0.56 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Cinder Lane Household Waste Site | 0.46 ha | — | Household |
| Ryebread Street | 0.08 ha | 1986 | CommercialInert |
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 Castleford?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Castleford 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 Castleford?
- 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.