Historic landfill sites in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire. covering roughly 78 hectares in total. The largest is Hessle Quarry West at 15.88 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hessle (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hessle Quarry West | 15.88 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tranby Lane Tip | 13.58 ha | 1979 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Church Road | 13.46 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Haven | 7.33 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Newington Street | 3.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Haven Foreshore | 3.95 ha | — | Household |
| Hessle Tip | 3.86 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Burnham Road | 3.68 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Campion Ave | 2.77 ha | 1958 | Waste types not recorded |
| Humberfield East | 1.81 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingston Lower School | 1.69 ha | 1940 | Waste types not recorded |
| First Lane | 1.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| South Dock Road | 0.86 ha | 1985 | HouseholdInert |
| Tilbury Road | 0.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oxford Grange Farm | 0.6 ha | — | Inert |
| Southfield Road | 0.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Howden Pit | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill Road | 0.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Raywell Road | 0.26 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Hemp Pit | 0.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hesslewood Quarry | 0.21 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 Hessle?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hessle 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 Hessle?
- 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.