Historic landfill sites in Hinckley, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around Hinckley, Leicestershire. covering roughly 83 hectares in total. The largest is Copston Magna at 44.58 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hinckley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copston Magna | 44.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barwell Landfill Site | 11.89 ha | 1970 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bramcote Road | 9.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Urban District Council Refuse Tip | 6.71 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Nelson Burgess Landfill Site | 3.33 ha | 1990 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Urban District Council Refuse Tip | 1.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hinkley Road Landfill Site | 1.53 ha | — | Industrial |
| Off Barwell Lane | 1.33 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Villa Farm | 0.57 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHousehold |
| Land off Withybrook Lane | 0.57 ha | — | Household |
| Brookfield Road Landfill Site A | 0.2 ha | 1968 | Waste types not recorded |
| Bute Close Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | 1961 | Waste types not recorded |
| Stapleton Landfill Site A | 0.2 ha | 1932 | Waste types not recorded |
| Stapleton Landfill Site B | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hall Farm | 0.09 ha | 1991 | 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 Hinckley?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hinckley 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 Hinckley?
- 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.