Historic landfill sites in Loughborough, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Loughborough, Leicestershire. covering roughly 57 hectares in total. The largest is Loughborough Landfill, Railway Terrace, Loughborough at 12.29 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Loughborough (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loughborough Landfill, Railway Terrace, Loughborough | 12.29 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Refuse Tip at Railway Terrace | 11.51 ha | — | Commercial |
| Hathern Station Works | 8.52 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Proctors Park, Barrow-On-Soar | 7.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Bradgate Quarry | 4.45 ha | — | Special |
| Off Empress Road, Loughborough | 1.94 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Bradgate Quarry | 1.53 ha | — | Special |
| Ling Road, Loughborough | 1.39 ha | — | Household |
| Gypsy Lane | 1.3 ha | 1972 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land off Betty Hensers Lane | 1.19 ha | 1961 | Inert |
| Off Wood Lane | 1 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Bradgate Quarry Old Tip No.1 | 0.84 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Highfields, Barrow on Soar | 0.79 ha | 1960 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Paudy Rise Farm, Melton Road, Barrow on Soar | 0.65 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Bradgate Quarry Old Tip 2 | 0.61 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Technical College, Loughborough | 0.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Off Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel | 0.31 ha | — | Inert |
| Brook Lane, Barrow on Soar | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pasture Lane, Hathern | 0.23 ha | 1951 | 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 Loughborough?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Loughborough 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 Loughborough?
- 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.