Historic landfill sites in Ibstock, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 9 historic landfill sites in and around Ibstock, Leicestershire. covering roughly 79 hectares in total. The largest is Ibstock Brick Company Landfill Site B at 57.71 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ibstock (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibstock Brick Company Landfill Site B | 57.71 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Ibstock Brick Company North Quarry | 7.07 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Tuckers Holt Claypit | 5.23 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Heather Brickworks | 2.79 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Standard Hill Landfill Site | 2.53 ha | 1963 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Berryhills Farm Landfill Site | 2.05 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Heather Landfill Site | 1.01 ha | 1968 | IndustrialInert |
| Nailstone Landfill Site | 0.39 ha | 1975 | IndustrialInert |
| Shackerstone Landfill Site B | 0.14 ha | 1967 | HouseholdCommercial |
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 Ibstock?
- 9 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ibstock 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 Ibstock?
- 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.