Historic landfill sites in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. covering roughly 47 hectares in total. The largest is Holderness Quarry at 14.7 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chapel-en-le-Frith (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holderness Quarry | 14.7 ha | — | Industrial |
| Doveholes Tip | 6.69 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council, Victory Quarry Waste Disposal site | 5.97 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Perseverance Lime Waste Tip | 5.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Buxton Lime And Cement | 5.29 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moss Rake | 1.92 ha | — | Industrial |
| Rockhall Quarry | 1.79 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| West End of Shuttle Rake | 1.36 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| White Rake | 1.34 ha | 1989 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Middle Barmoor Quarry | 0.97 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Forge Bleach Works | 0.38 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Potter Barn | 0.27 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Hallsteads | 0.22 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Land off the A6 | 0.22 ha | — | Household |
| Wibbersley Farm | 0.1 ha | 1994 | Inert |
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 Chapel-en-le-Frith?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chapel-en-le-Frith 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 Chapel-en-le-Frith?
- 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.