Historic landfill sites in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 34 historic landfill sites in and around North Hykeham, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 250 hectares in total. The largest is Whisby Landfill Site at 47.33 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around North Hykeham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisby Landfill Site | 47.33 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hykeham Quarry Landfill (superseded By 73214) | 28.45 ha | — | Special |
| Whisby Landfill Site (superseded By 73224) | 20.87 ha | — | Special |
| North Scarle Ash Lagoons | 20.22 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| North Scarle Ash Lagoons | 20.09 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Whisby Moor Landfill | 17.46 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whisby Landfill Site (superseded By 73224) | 16.09 ha | — | Special |
| Moorland Avenue Industrial Estate | 10.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whisby Landfill Site (superseded By 73224) | 10.37 ha | — | Special |
| Whisby Moor Quarry | 7.68 ha | — | Inert |
| Whisby Moor Quarry | 6.78 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Moorland Avenue | 6.4 ha | — | Household |
| City School | 6.25 ha | — | Household |
| Whisby Pit | 5.39 ha | — | Industrial |
| Hykeham Quarry | 5.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| George Fischers Factory Landfill | 4.83 ha | — | Industrial |
| Richmond Lakes | 4.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Skellingthorpe Moor Plantation | 1.95 ha | 1986 | Waste types not recorded |
| Fiddlers Elbow Dredging Tip | 1.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Junction of A46 and Whisby Road | 1.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Cottage | 1.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whisby Quarry Silt Lagoons | 0.81 ha | — | Inert |
| Old Brickyard | 0.67 ha | — | Household |
| Skellingthorpe Moor Plantation | 0.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hainton Road | 0.62 ha | — | Household |
| Skellingthorpe Moor | 0.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crossdyke Navigation | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandys | 0.33 ha | — | Household |
| Gainsborough Road | 0.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whisby Moor Landfill | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Concrete Plant | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pennells | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of Calder Road | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lansdowne Road | 0.09 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 North Hykeham?
- 34 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of North Hykeham 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 North Hykeham?
- 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.