Historic landfill sites in Hebburn
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Hebburn. covering roughly 98 hectares in total. The largest is Hebburn Quayside at 17.81 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hebburn (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebburn Quayside | 17.81 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Steetley - Wardley Quarry | 15.02 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bill Quay Farm | 12.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pelaw Quarry | 9.05 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Follingsby Lane | 8.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Campbell Park Road School | 5.44 ha | 1942 | Waste types not recorded |
| Walker Railway Cutting | 3.78 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Campbell Park | 3.75 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Low Heworth Lane B | 3.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| King Georges Field | 2.78 ha | 1960 | Inert |
| Former Monkton Cokeworks | 2.78 ha | — | Special |
| Former Monkton Cokeworks | 2.78 ha | — | Special |
| Low Heworth Lane A | 2.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Triple ' A ' Animal Hotel & Care Centre | 2.5 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Wagonway Road | 2.1 ha | 1964 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Watermill | 1.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| C and J Marine Services | 0.75 ha | — | Inert |
| Prince Consort Road | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
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 Hebburn?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hebburn 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 Hebburn?
- 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.