Historic landfill sites in Goldthorpe
The Environment Agency records 9 historic landfill sites in and around Goldthorpe. covering roughly 31 hectares in total. The largest is Brickworks Quarry at 11.49 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Goldthorpe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brickworks Quarry | 11.49 ha | 1980 | Household |
| Marsh Tip | 9.74 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lidget Lane | 4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hickleton | 2.35 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Hollow Gate Bridge | 2.01 ha | 1990 | Waste types not recorded |
| Hollowgate | 1.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hickleton Park Quarry No.1 | 0.18 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Railway Cutting | 0.17 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Hickleton Park - Barnburgh Park Quarry No.2 | 0.04 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
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 Goldthorpe?
- 9 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Goldthorpe 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 Goldthorpe?
- 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.