Historic landfill sites in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Harrogate, North Yorkshire. covering roughly 21 hectares in total. The largest is Grange Quarry at 5.23 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Harrogate (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Quarry | 5.23 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Oatlands Recreation Ground | 3.26 ha | 1950 | Household |
| Grange Brickworks | 1.61 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Howe Quarry | 1.52 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Walton Head Farm | 1.23 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Killinghall Bridge Railway Cutting | 1.12 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Colliery Tip | 1.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Warren Bank | 1.01 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Shaw Mills Leather Works Tip | 0.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rawden Hill | 0.87 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stone Rings Close | 0.66 ha | — | Household |
| Oakwood Farm Borrow Pit | 0.63 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Scarah Bank Quarry | 0.54 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Oak Tip | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Harrogate Holder Station | 0.43 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| The Moss | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oakwood Farm | 0.2 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Shaw Lane Quarry | 0.13 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hill Top Site | 0.07 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 Harrogate?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Harrogate 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 Harrogate?
- 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.