Historic landfill sites in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. covering roughly 57 hectares in total. The largest is Bold Street Bulwell at 15.13 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hucknall (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Street Bulwell | 15.13 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Abutting Messrs, Rolls Royce Limited, Land to East of Watnall Road | 6.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip | 5.86 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Land off Dabell Avenue/Matrixgrade | 5.1 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Wigwam Lane | 3.95 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Thames Street Quarry Works | 2.79 ha | — | Industrial |
| TAC Quarry | 2.59 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| St. Albans Road | 1.9 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Devils Elbow | 1.8 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Railway Cutting/Tip Top Tips | 1.56 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip | 1.28 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Bulwell Stone Quarry | 1.17 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip | 1.09 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.95 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.89 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Wilkinson Quarry/Aldgate Quarry | 0.83 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Moorbridge Works | 0.7 ha | 1979 | Waste types not recorded |
| Sankeys Quarry | 0.68 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.6 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.56 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Sankeys Quarry | 0.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Ransom Road | 0.46 ha | 1982 | 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 Hucknall?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hucknall 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 Hucknall?
- 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.