Historic landfill sites in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 43 historic landfill sites in and around Lincoln, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 122 hectares in total. The largest is Skewbridge Tip Site at 24.6 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Lincoln (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skewbridge Tip Site | 24.6 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land east of Great Northern Terrace Industrial Estate | 20.49 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Lincoln Brick Company Limited (Clay Pit) | 13.45 ha | 1988 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| East Of HM Prison | 9.37 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Greetwell Road and Outer Circle Road | 6.42 ha | — | Household |
| East Of Dunford Road | 4.72 ha | — | Household |
| Deacon Road | 4.42 ha | — | Inert |
| Golf Course | 3.71 ha | — | Household |
| West Common | 2.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land North of Lincoln Road | 1.96 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Land East to of Dowding Road and lying between Railway line and Allenby Road Industrial Estate | 1.91 ha | — | Inert |
| Middle Street | 1.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Of Crematorium | 1.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Nursery Grove | 1.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of Old Hillards | 1.78 ha | — | Inert |
| Area Adjacent To Boultham Park | 1.64 ha | — | Household |
| St Catherines | 1.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Mount Street | 1.43 ha | — | Household |
| Dunholme Holt Bend | 1.35 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Wrights Way | 1.34 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| East Of Power Station Site | 1.32 ha | — | Inert |
| Newark Road | 1.29 ha | — | Inert |
| Outer Circle Road | 1.26 ha | — | Household |
| Rear Of British Rail Social Club | 1.16 ha | — | Inert |
| St Catherines Grove | 1.09 ha | — | Inert |
| Ellis Farm | 0.97 ha | 1986 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to Cammeringham Top Covert and the A15 | 0.95 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Wickes Site | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moor Lane | 0.76 ha | — | Inert |
| East Of St. Peters Avenue | 0.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the rear of 41-43 Hawthorn Road | 0.57 ha | — | Inert |
| Cross O'cliff Road | 0.56 ha | — | Inert |
| Old Railway Cutting | 0.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Land to the North of Fen Road | 0.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Land South Of Ropewalk | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land To Rear Of 41 Silver Street | 0.28 ha | — | Inert |
| The Dell | 0.23 ha | — | Inert |
| Former Fisons Site | 0.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor Road | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Cathedral Quarry | 0.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Boultham Baths | 0.12 ha | — | Inert |
| Western Avenue | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Brayford Leisure Site | 0.07 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 Lincoln?
- 43 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Lincoln 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 Lincoln?
- 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.