Historic landfill sites in Horbury
The Environment Agency records 16 historic landfill sites in and around Horbury. covering roughly 36 hectares in total. The largest is Thornes Moor at 9.54 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Horbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornes Moor | 9.54 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Millfield Sand and Gravel Quarries | 8.09 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Haigh Quarry | 4.55 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Haigh quarry | 4.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Blacker Lane | 3.54 ha | 1980 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Litherop Tip | 1.7 ha | 1971 | Household |
| Old Quarry | 1.17 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Calder Grove | 0.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of Northern Warehouse | 0.57 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Rose Farm | 0.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Land Adj To Broad Cut Top Lock | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Baptist Lane | 0.34 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Field N.E. of Engine Fold | 0.31 ha | 1987 | CommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to A637 Swithen Hill | 0.23 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Highwood Farm | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to B6117 | 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 Horbury?
- 16 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Horbury 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 Horbury?
- 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.