Historic landfill sites in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Penrith, Westmorland and Furness. covering roughly 67 hectares in total. The largest is Flusco Quarry at 10.25 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Penrith (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flusco Quarry | 10.25 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Skirsgill Farm | 5.71 ha | — | Inert |
| Flusco Lodge Quarry | 4.92 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Fields 878 and 880 (part) | 4.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Flusco Quarry 1 | 4.53 ha | 1987 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bowscar Quarry | 4.28 ha | — | Household |
| Flusco Quarry Extension 1, 2 and 3 | 4.03 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Field 629 (Part) | 3.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Baron Cross Quarry | 3.15 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry at Hacktnorpe | 1.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clifton Sawmills | 1.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clifton Moor | 1.64 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Hackthorpe Landfill | 1.56 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Burnbanks | 1.53 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Redhills Quarry | 1.23 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Field Adjecent to Collindale | 1.21 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Fields 176 And 188 | 1.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Lazonby Fell | 1.14 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Clifton Moor | 0.87 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Waterfalls Quarry | 0.78 ha | — | Commercial |
| Refuse Tip at Hanging Bank | 0.73 ha | — | Commercial |
| Towcett | 0.73 ha | — | Commercial |
| Fields 145 and 147 | 0.72 ha | — | Inert |
| Langwathby Effluent Treatment Works | 0.71 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Ellonby Quarry Stage 2 | 0.66 ha | 1990 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ellonby Quarry Stage 1 | 0.66 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Scales Rigg Quarry | 0.64 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Clifton Moor | 0.57 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Refuse Tip at Common Wood, Sandhill | 0.39 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Ellonby Tip | 0.28 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Land inside Factory curtilege | 0.25 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Whinfell Wood | 0.24 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Greystoke Effluent Treatment Works | 0.22 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Sickersgill Old Quarry | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Flusco Lodge | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clifton Moor | 0.2 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
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 Penrith?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Penrith 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 Penrith?
- 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.