Historic landfill sites in Peterlee, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Peterlee, County Durham. covering roughly 74 hectares in total. The largest is Area D Tuthill Quarry at 18.21 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Peterlee (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area D Tuthill Quarry | 18.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area E Wingate Quarry | 11.21 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Blackhall Colliery | 10.2 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Area H South of Shotton Coll | 6.31 ha | — | Industrial |
| Tilery Farm Wingate | 5.28 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Glass's Farm | 4.87 ha | — | Commercial |
| Murton Blue House Farm | 3.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Area G East of Horden | 3.76 ha | 1973 | Commercial |
| Station Town Disused Railway | 2.68 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Tilery Farm No.4 | 1.73 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Whelly Hill Farm | 0.89 ha | — | Inert |
| Tilery Farm No.2 | 0.82 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tilery Farm No.3 | 0.81 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Greenhills Moor | 0.54 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Sandy Carr Farm | 0.46 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Area N East of Station House | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area U North of Shotton Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area T North of Little Thorp | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area F Wingate Quarry | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area P Blackhall Rocks | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area S North of Seaside Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area R East of Holme Hill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area Q East of Easington Col | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area L Wingate | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Allotment Gardens | 0.09 ha | 1994 | 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 Peterlee?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Peterlee 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 Peterlee?
- 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.