Historic landfill sites in Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Market Harborough, Leicestershire. covering roughly 137 hectares in total. The largest is Husbands Bosworth at 39.17 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Market Harborough (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Husbands Bosworth | 39.17 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Husbands Bosworth Quarry | 38.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Scotland Wood Farm | 23.03 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| East of Welford Lodge Farm | 9.8 ha | — | Inert |
| Great Bowden | 4.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Warren Lodge | 4.81 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Portley Ford | 2.69 ha | 1982 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kibworth Beaucamp | 2.26 ha | 1978 | Waste types not recorded |
| Great Bowden | 1.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Market Harborough Bypass | 1.85 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Portly Ford Refuse Tip | 1.4 ha | — | Commercial |
| Little Bowden | 1.31 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| New House Farm | 1.28 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Grand Union Canal | 0.82 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Goadby Road | 0.71 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land of Mowsley Road | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newhouse Farm South Of, Land To The East | 0.51 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Clipston | 0.36 ha | 1960 | Inert |
| Kibworth Top Lock | 0.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Burton Overy | 0.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Burton Overy, Harborough | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sibbertoft | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land off Station Street | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Burton Overy, Harbough | 0.06 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 Market Harborough?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Market Harborough 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 Market Harborough?
- 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.