Historic landfill sites in Doncaster
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Doncaster. covering roughly 234 hectares in total. The largest is Sandy Lane at 65.05 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Doncaster (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Lane | 65.05 ha | 1971 | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Doncaster Airport Tip | 31.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clayfield Estates | 18.54 ha | 1981 | HouseholdInert |
| Pilkington ( U K ) Moor Lane Landfill Site | 16.17 ha | 1998 | IndustrialInert |
| White Cross Grange Farm | 12.76 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pothill | 11.83 ha | 1972 | Commercial |
| Leger Way | 10.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tickhill Road | 7.51 ha | 1971 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Ten Pound Walk | 7.11 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Old Works | 6.63 ha | — | Inert |
| SYCC, Springwell Lane | 5.57 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Former Allotment Gardens, Ten Pound Walk | 5.31 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Hexthorpe Allotments | 5.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Recreation Ground | 4.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wheatley Hall Road | 4.44 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Landfill Site, Middle Bank, Doncaster Carr | 4.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Sewage Works | 3.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Sidings | 2.84 ha | 1988 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land to the rear of Railway Engineers' Department | 2.64 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Railway Cutting | 2.2 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Business Park | 1.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leger Way / Thorne Road | 1.35 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Wheatley Hall Road | 0.79 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Gas House Bight | 0.69 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| National Supply Centre | 0.6 ha | — | Special |
| Wheatley Hall Road | 0.39 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Clay Lane | 0.1 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 Doncaster?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Doncaster 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 Doncaster?
- 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.