Historic landfill sites in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. covering roughly 284 hectares in total. The largest is Jeniva/Hawton Quarry Farm at 43.55 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Newark-on-Trent (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeniva/Hawton Quarry Farm | 43.55 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Besthorpe Ash Lagoons | 43.39 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Besthorpe Lagoons 11a And 12a | 21.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newark Quarry | 20.65 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Girton Quarry | 17.09 ha | — | Industrial |
| Hawton Tip | 16.97 ha | — | Commercial |
| Girton Quarry | 14.62 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Girton Ash Disposal Site/Girton No 1 Ash Lagoon | 14.06 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| College Farm | 13.02 ha | — | Industrial |
| Cotham Plasterboard/British Gypsum Limited, Former Hawton Quarry | 9.59 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| High Marnaham Power Station, Besthorpe Lagoon 14 | 9.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cromwell Quarry | 9.03 ha | — | Inert |
| Girton Quarry 3/4 | 8.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Girton Quarry, Newark | 8.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grove Sand Pit | 7.32 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cotham Tip | 5.01 ha | 1992 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Jeniva Site/Hawton Quarry Farm | 4.48 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| British Gypsum Limited | 4.27 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Historic landfill EAHLD35902 | 3.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land At Bowbridge Lane Balderton Newark | 2.28 ha | — | Industrial |
| Clay Lane | 2.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Opposite Station Road, Bottesford | 1.23 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Debdale Hill | 0.94 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Bottesford, Off Normanton Lane, Melton Mowbray | 0.93 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Debdale Hill Tip | 0.34 ha | — | Commercial |
| Coddington Mill Site | 0.2 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Cotham Tip/Cotham Pulverizer Plant | 0.17 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Muskham Road | 0.15 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Cotham HWC | 0.09 ha | 1992 | 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 Newark-on-Trent?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newark-on-Trent 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 Newark-on-Trent?
- 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.