Historic landfill sites in Morpeth, Northumberland
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Morpeth, Northumberland. covering roughly 32 hectares in total. The largest is Quarry Woods at 10.29 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Morpeth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Woods | 10.29 ha | 1982 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| The Helm | 4.62 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Peigh Hills Farm | 3.91 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Tranwell Airfield | 2.35 ha | — | Inert |
| Whorral Bank | 2.15 ha | 1983 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Farquhar Deuchar Park | 1.87 ha | 1960 | Household |
| Pegswood Colliery | 1.73 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Stannington Childrens Hospital | 1.03 ha | 1974 | Commercial |
| Causey Park | 0.77 ha | 1993 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Pegswood | 0.55 ha | 1962 | HouseholdCommercial |
| East Linden Dene | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Climbing Tree | 0.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Mill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stanton Mill | 0.2 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Eshott | 0.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Catraw Quarry | 0.2 ha | 1945 | Waste types not recorded |
| Hedley Wood Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Shadfen Park | 0.2 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Quarry Woods | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cockle Park Farm | 0.19 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Bolland Hall | 0.11 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Morpeth?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Morpeth 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 Morpeth?
- 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.