Historic landfill sites in Corby, North Northamptonshire
The Environment Agency records 37 historic landfill sites in and around Corby, North Northamptonshire. covering roughly 235 hectares in total. The largest is British Steel Corporation at 98.16 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Corby (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Steel Corporation | 98.16 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Cottingham Stone Quarry | 22.17 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Refractory Tip | 11.18 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Priors Hall Quarry | 10.62 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Barn Close Quarry | 10.37 ha | 1991 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Priors Hall Quarry | 9.81 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| North East Materials Stockyard | 8.18 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Refractory Tip | 7.6 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Glebe Farm | 4.56 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| West Glebe | 4.38 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Works Dry Tip | 4.36 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barn Close Quarry | 4.3 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stanion | 3.46 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Railway Cutting | 3.23 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| BSC North Brook Lagoons | 2.99 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 2.7 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Refractory tip | 2.66 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Weldon Road Old Southern Ponds | 2.65 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 2.65 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeInert |
| Ironstone Gullet Weldon | 2.44 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 2.41 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Refractory tip | 1.98 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Refractory Tip | 1.94 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 1.73 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Ironpits Wood Quarry | 1.39 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Gretton SME | 1.34 ha | 1976 | Industrial |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 1.12 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Candy Filter Sludge Ponds | 0.81 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Prestons Pit | 0.78 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Sound Barrier | 0.72 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Field by Cottingham Quarry | 0.53 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Solway Foods | 0.43 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Longhills Gullet | 0.3 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Brigstock Road | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Brigstock Road | 0.2 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Rear Of 117 Corby Road | 0.2 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Stanion Road | 0.2 ha | — | 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 Corby?
- 37 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Corby 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 Corby?
- 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.