Historic landfill sites in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 10 historic landfill sites in and around Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. covering roughly 34 hectares in total. The largest is Aycliffe Quarry West at 7.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Newton Aycliffe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aycliffe Quarry West | 7.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Aycliffe Quarry West | 6.48 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highington Lane - Long Tens Way | 3.66 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Aycliffe Old Quarry | 3.64 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Humbleton Farm | 3.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Burtree Caravans | 3.27 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Humbleton Farm | 3.2 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Great Lakes Chemical Europe | 2.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Aycliffe Church Quarry No.1 | 0.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hurworth Road | 0.04 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 Newton Aycliffe?
- 10 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newton Aycliffe 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 Newton Aycliffe?
- 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.