Historic landfill sites in Prudhoe, Northumberland
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Prudhoe, Northumberland. covering roughly 37 hectares in total. The largest is West Wylam Extension at 5.42 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Prudhoe (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Wylam Extension | 5.42 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Merry Shields Quarry | 4.29 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highfield Lane | 4.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Prudhoe Highfield | 3.94 ha | — | Industrial |
| Low Bridges | 2.93 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wylam Wood Farm No.1 | 2.47 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Wylam Wood Farm | 1.84 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Eastgate Bank Mickley | 1.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rudchester Quarry | 1.45 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Kipper Lynn | 1.21 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Eltringham Brickworks | 0.86 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Robsheugh | 0.83 ha | 1981 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Humbles Gill Waste Disposal Site | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Humbles Gill | 0.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Mickley Bank Farm | 0.76 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| North Acomb Farm | 0.68 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Chopwell Tip | 0.44 ha | — | Commercial |
| Land East of Hedley on the Hill | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pasture House Quarry | 0.29 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Airey Hill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cheeseburn Grange | 0.2 ha | 1972 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Glebe Farm | 0.2 ha | 1945 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Hedley Colliery | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whittonstall Sproats | 0.2 ha | 1974 | Waste types not recorded |
| Moorgate Plantation | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ovington | 0.2 ha | 1950 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Oak Dene | 0.02 ha | — | 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 Prudhoe?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Prudhoe 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 Prudhoe?
- 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.