Historic landfill sites in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 44 historic landfill sites in and around Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. covering roughly 97 hectares in total. The largest is Huncote Quarry at 13.53 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Earl Shilton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huncote Quarry | 13.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Croft Landfill, Croft, Blaby | 9.8 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Blaby Rural District Council Tip | 8.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Huncote Quarry / Blaby Rural District Council Tip | 8.48 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Forest Road Leisure Centre | 8.48 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Watery Gate Lane | 7.51 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Earl Shilton College | 6.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Calver Hill Quarry, Sapcote, Blaby | 3.36 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barrow Hill Quarry | 2.95 ha | — | Inert |
| Clint Hill Quarry | 2.77 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Carey Hill Quarry | 2.37 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Heath Lane | 2.23 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Shelbrooke House Farm, Leicester Forest West | 1.77 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Coventry Road | 1.77 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Langham Bridge Farm | 1.53 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Sapcote Quarry | 1.49 ha | 1980 | CommercialInert |
| Off Watery Gate Lane | 1.44 ha | 1971 | Household |
| Barrow Hill Quarry | 1.35 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wykin Road | 1.27 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Mountfield Road | 1.19 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Watery Gate Lane | 1.12 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Off Newbold Lane, Kirkby Mallory | 0.8 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Weaver Close, Earl Shilton | 0.8 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Coley's Hole | 0.59 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Off Coventry Road | 0.59 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Cheney End, Huncote | 0.53 ha | 1965 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Railway Cutting | 0.49 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Off Church and Long Streets, Stoney Stanton | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Heath Lane South | 0.41 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off Shilton Lane | 0.24 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Off Lychgate Lane/Burbage Lane | 0.2 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Newbold Verdon Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barwell Landfill Site B | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lodge Farm | 0.2 ha | 1952 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Lindridge Hall Farm, Desford | 0.2 ha | 1934 | Waste types not recorded |
| Wrask Farm | 0.2 ha | 1950 | IndustrialInert |
| Hunts Lane, East of Cemetery | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hunts Lane/Newbold Road, Desford | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leicester Lane, Desford | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Coventry Road, Shamford | 0.18 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Leicester Lane No.2, Desford | 0.13 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Breach Farm, Breach Lane, Earl Shilton | 0.13 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Lychgate Lane | 0.11 ha | 1960 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barwell Landfill Site C, Church Lane | 0.08 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 Earl Shilton?
- 44 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Earl Shilton 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 Earl Shilton?
- 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.