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Historic landfill sites in Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough

The Environment Agency records 61 historic landfill sites in and around Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough. covering roughly 373 hectares in total. The largest is Riverside Park at 65.08 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Middlesbrough (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Riverside Park65.08 ha1992IndustrialCommercialInert
Seal Sands47.55 ha1989IndustrialInert
Cargo Fleet Wharf Area32.64 ha1985Inert
Cargo Fleet Works - South Bank Brickworks28.13 ha1986Inert
Land at Marsh Street Bridge22.19 ha1990Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert
South of the Seal Sands Road19.06 ha1978IndustrialCommercialInert
Seal Sands12.31 ha—Commercial
Between Skippers Lane and Normanby Road10.91 ha1983CommercialInert
To the West of the Wolviston to Seal Sands link road9.16 ha1982IndustrialInert
ICI No.2 Teesport7.77 ha—IndustrialCommercial
The Botanic Centre7.26 ha1994CommercialInert
Clay Lane Steelworks7.15 ha1986Inert
BSC Chemical Works Solid Waste Tip7.15 ha1990Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Middlesbrough Road6.6 ha1983Inert
North Tees Power Station6.57 ha1983Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Middlesbrough Crematorium6.5 ha1986CommercialInert
Land at end of Teesway6 ha1991CommercialInert
Billingham Process Pack Site A5.53 ha—Inert
Port Clarence Landfill5.19 ha1983IndustrialInert
Haverton Hill Landfill5.05 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
South Wharf4.91 ha—Waste types not recorded
Northern Bank of the River Tees4.33 ha1978CommercialInert
Henry Street Recreation Ground4.31 ha1985Inert
Teeside Polytechnic4.24 ha1983IndustrialInert
Bolckow Terrace4.24 ha1985IndustrialCommercialInert
Portrack Incinerator3.32 ha1991Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Fire Bund Port Clarence3.25 ha1981Industrial
Area bounded by Longlands Road3.04 ha1985CommercialInert
Cargo Fleet Wharf2.38 ha1983Waste types not recorded
Albert Park Landscaping2.32 ha1988Inert
Seabanks Lagoon Site No.41.96 ha1979IndustrialInert
Sand Quarry to the South East of Harker Hill Farm1.84 ha1988IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Land at South Bank Goods Depot1.62 ha1986CommercialInert
Ormesby Road1.5 ha1983IndustrialInert
Stokesley Road Landfill1.15 ha1978Inert
Old Middlesbrough Road1.11 ha1985Inert
Middlesbrough Dock1.1 ha1989IndustrialInert
Keighley Avenue0.79 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Haverton Hill Shipyard0.79 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdInert
Grey Street Works0.69 ha—Waste types not recorded
Middlesbrough Dock0.66 ha1986IndustrialInert
Clarence Works0.63 ha1990IndustrialInert
Land to the Rear of Low Lane0.59 ha1983Inert
Hillcrest0.55 ha1984CommercialInert
A66 -Longlands Road Junction0.52 ha1993Inert
Port Clarence0.44 ha1990Industrial
Portrack Roundabout0.42 ha1980IndustrialInert
Howe Hill Farm0.39 ha1984IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Disused Gas Holder, Snowdon Road0.32 ha—Waste types not recorded
Gasholder Station0.26 ha1999Waste types not recorded
Tame Road0.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
TDC Landfill at Port Clarence0.21 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Land adjacent to the junction of Metz Bridge0.21 ha1984CommercialInert
Disused Gasholder0.2 ha—Inert
Billingham Process Pack Site A0.08 ha1991Inert
The Graving Dock0.07 ha1985IndustrialInert
Sotherby Road0.05 ha—Waste types not recorded
Cass House Road0.05 ha1987CommercialInert
Land to the rear of 84 Low Lane0.05 ha1991CommercialInert
Snowdon Road0.04 ha—Waste types not recorded
Stewart Park0.01 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 Middlesbrough?
61 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough?
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.