Historic landfill sites in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 47 historic landfill sites in and around Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. covering roughly 195 hectares in total. The largest is Talke Road at 18.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Newcastle-under-Lyme (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talke Road | 18.83 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Valley Sawmills Site | 18.07 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Acton Quarry | 14.97 ha | 1989 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Football Ground Off Clayton Lane | 10.29 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Metallic Tileries | 9.85 ha | 1984 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| South East Of Alsagers Bank | 9.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Apedale Road | 8.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Caddicks Marl Hole | 8.33 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Springfields Tileries | 7.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brownhills Road | 6.62 ha | — | Household |
| South East of Rookery Lane | 6.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Vicarage Road | 5.51 ha | 1969 | Industrial |
| Apedale | 5.27 ha | — | Household |
| Adjacent To Trent and Mersey Canal | 5.27 ha | — | Industrial |
| Whitebarn Farm, Whitebridge Lane | 4.7 ha | 1997 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Burslem Water Reclamation Works | 4.44 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Recreation Ground | 4.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Westport Lake Water Park South End | 4.09 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Apedale Minerals Limited | 3.64 ha | 1989 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Lyme Valley Parkway | 3.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| West Of Brookfield Road | 2.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Midwinter Tip | 2.73 ha | — | Industrial |
| Downings Marlhole | 2.49 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| The Brampton | 2.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Junction Crackley Bank, 3 x Holes | 2.02 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Hanford Landfill Site | 1.87 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Riverside Road | 1.83 ha | — | Household |
| Ex Springfield Tileries/Wheatleys | 1.81 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Off Porthill Road | 1.81 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Old Sewage Works | 1.81 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Pool Dam Sidings | 1.64 ha | — | Household |
| Edenhurst Sports Field | 1.63 ha | 1981 | Industrial |
| Brick Kiln Lane - Talke Road | 1.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Trent Vale Pumping Station | 1.43 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Steetley Brick | 1.4 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Acton Quarry | 1.4 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Rosevale Brick And Tile Works | 1.37 ha | 1962 | Inert |
| Land At Clayton Farm | 1.09 ha | 1974 | Industrial |
| Land Near Apedale Road | 0.63 ha | — | Inert |
| West Of Silverdale Lane | 0.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Between Hanford Cricket Ground And River Trent | 0.49 ha | — | Household |
| Albert Mill | 0.39 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Shelton Works | 0.36 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Downing and Company | 0.33 ha | — | Industrial |
| Shelton Works | 0.21 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Newcastle Refuse Tip | 0.19 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land off St Edmunds Avenue | 0.14 ha | 1969 | Inert |
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 Newcastle-under-Lyme?
- 47 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme?
- 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.