Historic landfill sites in Normanton
The Environment Agency records 16 historic landfill sites in and around Normanton. covering roughly 69 hectares in total. The largest is Gravel Pits at 21.51 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Normanton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | 21.51 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Foxholes | 12.49 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Tip North of Express Way | 8.72 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Normanton Brickworks | 7.29 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Normanton Uuban District Council | 4 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Land North of Wakefield Road | 3.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Abbotts Tip | 2.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lock Lane | 2.01 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Land Adjacent to Crossley Street | 1.25 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Parkside Quarry | 1.24 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Building Department Tip | 1.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to BSB Normanton Limited | 1.15 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| West Riding Colliery | 0.66 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land to East of Bracken Hill | 0.64 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Altofts Brickworks | 0.63 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercial |
| NEGAS Whitwood Holder Station | 0.35 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
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 Normanton?
- 16 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Normanton 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 Normanton?
- 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.