Historic landfill sites in Egremont, Cumberland
The Environment Agency records 11 historic landfill sites in and around Egremont, Cumberland. covering roughly 15 hectares in total. The largest is Florence No.1 Mine at 4.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Egremont (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence No.1 Mine | 4.1 ha | 2000 | IndustrialInert |
| Old Mine Workings | 2.01 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Langhorn Quarry | 1.74 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Field No 4527 and parts of 3323 4216 4031 5214 | 1.7 ha | — | SpecialInert |
| Peel Place Quarry | 1.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Field Nos 4031 3323 and 4527 | 1.14 ha | 1996 | SpecialInert |
| Disused Railway Cuttings | 1.01 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Bank End Quarry | 0.87 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Land to rear of Victoria Hotel | 0.56 ha | 1999 | Inert |
| M Fleming and T Coulthard | 0.54 ha | — | Special |
| Field Nos 4031 3323 and 4527 | 0.21 ha | 1983 | 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 Egremont?
- 11 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Egremont 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 Egremont?
- 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.