Historic landfill sites in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire. covering roughly 60 hectares in total. The largest is Gorsethorpe Tip at 10.46 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Market Warsop (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorsethorpe Tip | 10.46 ha | 1982 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rufford Colliery Complex | 9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Buildings Farm | 7.41 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Church Road | 7.26 ha | 1976 | Waste types not recorded |
| Oakfield Lane | 5.89 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Peafield Farm | 5.77 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Rufford Colliery Complex | 3.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Baulker Lane Cutting, Clipstone | 2.33 ha | — | Inert |
| Cavendish Lodge Farm | 1.66 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Field No 0043 | 1.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cuckney Hill Railway Cutting | 1.51 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Welbeck Colliery Spoil Heap | 1.23 ha | 1983 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Cuckney Landfill Site, Welbeck Colliery Branch Line | 0.67 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Clipstone Sidings | 0.44 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Land off Manor Road | 0.32 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Bulker Lane | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Birch Street | 0.08 ha | — | Household |
| Hatfield Avenue | 0.02 ha | — | Household |
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 Warsop?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Market Warsop 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 Warsop?
- 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.