Historic landfill sites in Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Kendal, Westmorland and Furness. covering roughly 36 hectares in total. The largest is Dry Lane at 8.8 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Kendal (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Lane | 8.8 ha | 1988 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hincaster Canal | 3.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lancaster Canal | 2.64 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Burneside Hall | 2.57 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Kendal Fell Quarry Phase 2 | 2.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Levens Lane | 2.5 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| North Gateside Farm Field No 3485 | 2.37 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Cox Bank Farm | 2.36 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Castle Hill Treatment Works | 1.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Kendal Fell Quarry | 1.44 ha | — | Commercial |
| Plumgarths Quarry | 1.4 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Canal | 1.05 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Paddy Lane | 0.91 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Field Nos 9390 and 9488 | 0.83 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Gatebeck Reservoir | 0.41 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Dockray Hall Mill | 0.26 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Rear 2-24 Helmside Road | 0.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Viver Lane Railway Cutting | 0.13 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Bank House | 0.11 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Millness Mill | 0.03 ha | — | 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 Kendal?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Kendal 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 Kendal?
- 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.