Historic landfill sites in Long Eaton, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Long Eaton, Derbyshire. covering roughly 358 hectares in total. The largest is Hemington Gravel Pit at 128.71 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Long Eaton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemington Gravel Pit | 128.71 ha | 1994 | Industrial |
| Hemington Quarry | 34.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hemington Pit, North West Leicestershire | 34.57 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Attenborough Pit | 26.98 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Cavendish Bridge | 22.76 ha | 1994 | Industrial |
| Breaston Tip Area C | 21.74 ha | 1988 | Industrial |
| Winking Hill Gypsum Disposal Site | 12.25 ha | — | Industrial |
| Winking Hill Gypsum Disposal Site | 12.25 ha | — | Industrial |
| Domilows Land, Elvaston Quarry | 11.01 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Meadow Lane | 10.67 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Winking Hill | 10.58 ha | — | Industrial |
| Domilows Land | 9.41 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hemington Dredging Tip | 7.17 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Cell 9 Elvaston Quarry | 4.5 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Breaston Tip | 3.97 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| MOD Barton Lane, Chilwell | 1.9 ha | — | Special |
| The Spittal | 1.79 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Fields Adjacent and Behind to Lockhouse at Cranfleet Lock | 0.97 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Trent Lane | 0.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Main Street, Cavandish Bridge | 0.56 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Filled River Cut | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hemington Gravel Pit | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sawley Road | 0.18 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 Long Eaton?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Long Eaton 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 Long Eaton?
- 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.