Historic landfill sites in Penistone
The Environment Agency records 41 historic landfill sites in and around Penistone. covering roughly 60 hectares in total. The largest is Bromley Farm Quarry at 6.72 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Penistone (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley Farm Quarry | 6.72 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Cumberworth Pipe Limited | 6.54 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Disused Quarry | 6.13 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Bromley Farm Quarry | 5.98 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ponker Quarry | 4.94 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Coal Pit Lane Landfill | 3.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Clough Green Works | 2.52 ha | 1993 | Industrial |
| Stottercliffe Road | 2.37 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Bromley Works | 1.84 ha | — | Inert |
| Thurlstone Road | 1.68 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Bromley Works | 1.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dismantled Railway Cutting to the North of Bents Road | 1.53 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Thurlstone Road | 1.45 ha | — | Household |
| Cumberworth Common | 1.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Road | 1.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nether End | 1.03 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| Whitley Height Quarry | 1 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Cross Lane | 0.97 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Mortimer Road | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stove End Cottage | 0.66 ha | 1985 | CommercialInert |
| T.A. Centre | 0.65 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Quarry at Langsett Filter Station | 0.55 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Wakefield Road | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wheatley Hill Farm | 0.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Penistone Church | 0.4 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Denroyd Farm | 0.37 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Denroyd Farm | 0.36 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Land at Wheatley Hill Farm | 0.34 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Field 3074/3981 | 0.32 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Quarry to rear of Silkstone Chapel | 0.27 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Quarry off Wheatley Hill Lane | 0.23 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Bromley Farm Quarry | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Denroyd Farm Extension | 0.18 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Moorside Avenue | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the Rear of Ponker Farm and adjacent to Ponker Lane | 0.16 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Station Road | 0.13 ha | 1981 | CommercialInert |
| Former Quarry | 0.1 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Derelict Quarry at rear of Environmental Health Depot | 0.09 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| Junction A635 and A636 | 0.07 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Shelley Woodhouse Lane | 0.06 ha | 1990 | 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 Penistone?
- 41 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Penistone 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 Penistone?
- 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.