Historic landfill sites in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire
The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire. covering roughly 10 hectares in total. The largest is Knapton Gravel Pit at 2.08 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Norton-on-Derwent (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapton Gravel Pit | 2.08 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Highfield Quarry | 1.86 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| O.S. Field 0002 | 1.6 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Westfield Way | 1.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway Cutting | 0.77 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pocklington Lane End Landfill Site / Leavening Brow Landfill | 0.69 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Parish Pit | 0.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Settrington High Street Landfill Site | 0.34 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| O.S. Field 6837 | 0.31 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kirby Green | 0.12 ha | — | Industrial |
| Kirby Green | 0.1 ha | — | Inert |
| Towthorpe Plantation | 0.09 ha | — | Industrial |
| Fimber | 0.06 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Norton-on-Derwent?
- 13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Norton-on-Derwent 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 Norton-on-Derwent?
- 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.