Historic landfill sites in Longbenton
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Longbenton. covering roughly 154 hectares in total. The largest is Burradon at 27.55 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Longbenton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burradon | 27.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Lowsteads | 27.19 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rising Sun | 18.43 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| HavelockDisposal Landfill Site | 18.33 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Burradon Farm | 16.42 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Seghill Extension | 9.98 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Rothbury Terrace | 9.26 ha | — | Household |
| Benton Square | 6.26 ha | 1968 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Benfield Road TA Centre | 3.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Powder Monkey | 2.92 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Benton Quarry | 2.66 ha | 1966 | Household |
| Forest Hall School | 2.44 ha | 1950 | Household |
| Burradon Farm North West Quarry | 2.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Longbenton Sewer Phase No.1 | 1.68 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Eccles Colliery | 1.66 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Benton Quarry West | 1.59 ha | 1940 | Household |
| Mendip Way Landscape Works | 1.23 ha | — | Inert |
| Old Benton Road | 0.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| St Albans Crescent | 0.31 ha | — | Household |
| Burradon Farm South Quarry | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Holywell Dene No.1 | 0.2 ha | 1965 | 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 Longbenton?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Longbenton 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 Longbenton?
- 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.