Historic landfill sites in Cramlington, Northumberland
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Cramlington, Northumberland. covering roughly 96 hectares in total. The largest is Sterling Organics at 16.28 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cramlington (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Organics | 16.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Cramlington Pit Heap | 14.71 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| East Cramlington Tipping Site | 14.29 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercial |
| McCarry's Tip Old Fisher Lane | 9.4 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| North Dudley Lane | 6.46 ha | — | Inert |
| Seaton Burn Hall | 6.37 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Mill Hill Farm | 5.71 ha | — | Commercial |
| Old Fisher Lane | 3.88 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brenkley Colliery Phase 2 | 2.99 ha | — | Inert |
| Big Waters Nursery | 2.63 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Seghill | 2.55 ha | 1979 | CommercialInert |
| Brunton Mill Farm | 1.99 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Wideopen Sports Ground | 1.78 ha | 1963 | Household |
| Arcot Lane | 1.35 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Dudley First School | 1.33 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Mill Lane Seghill | 1.32 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Gosforth Brick and Tileworks | 1.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rose Villa Seghill | 1.03 ha | 1991 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Shotton Edge | 0.2 ha | 1960 | IndustrialInert |
| East Cramlington Sports Park | 0.2 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Blyth River Opencast Site | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Bassington Quarry | 0.2 ha | 1945 | 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 Cramlington?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cramlington 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 Cramlington?
- 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.