Historic landfill sites in Northampton, West Northamptonshire
The Environment Agency records 53 historic landfill sites in and around Northampton, West Northamptonshire. covering roughly 275 hectares in total. The largest is Land Off Camp Lane at 38.46 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Northampton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Off Camp Lane | 38.46 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Harvey Reeves Road | 24.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Upper Nene Playing Fields | 20.14 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Chapel Farm | 16.19 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Boughton | 15.32 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Boughton Grange Quarry | 15.32 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Camp Lane | 14.83 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Milton Sand Pit | 12.02 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Blisworth Lodge Farm | 9.15 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Ransome Road Site | 8.66 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Harvey Reeves Road | 7.94 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Holcot Road | 7.66 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Weedon Road East Area | 6.61 ha | 1980 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Weedon Road - Upper Nene Playing Fields | 5.46 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Gayton Road, Milton Malsor | 4.78 ha | — | Inert |
| Gayton Road | 4.78 ha | — | Inert |
| Harvey Reeves Road | 3.85 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| OS 0081 | 3.75 ha | — | Inert |
| Rothersthorpe | 3.74 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Wootton Layby | 3.54 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Pitsford | 3.5 ha | — | Inert |
| Franklins Gardens | 3.48 ha | 1986 | HouseholdInert |
| Martins Farm | 3.38 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Pitsford/Moulton Lane Stone Quarry | 3.3 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Weedon Road | 3.29 ha | 1930 | Inert |
| Old Stone Quarries | 3.11 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Courteenhall Grange Farm Pit | 2.4 ha | 1986 | HouseholdInert |
| St. James Mill Road | 2.15 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Disused Ironstone Quarry | 1.93 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Harvey Reeves Road | 1.92 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Fernie Field | 1.82 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Simplex works | 1.75 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludge |
| Abington Mills | 1.47 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Harvey Reeves Road | 1.39 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| North Duston to Nobottle Road | 1.28 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| The Causeway | 1.24 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Chapel Farm | 1.22 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Holcot Road | 1.19 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Station Road | 1.12 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Bondfield Avenue | 1.1 ha | — | Inert |
| Weedon Road - Harlestone Road Cross Roads | 0.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandy Lane | 0.87 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Newport Pagnell Road | 0.72 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Billing Garden Centre | 0.7 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Billing Aquadrome Marina Lake | 0.61 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Billing Garden Centre | 0.57 ha | — | Inert |
| Billing Park | 0.44 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| NHS General Hospital | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway Cutting | 0.31 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| The Mill | 0.23 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Cogenhoe WMC | 0.21 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Old Mill Race | 0.09 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| The Mill, St James | 0.03 ha | 1978 | 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 Northampton?
- 53 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Northampton 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 Northampton?
- 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.