Historic landfill sites in Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland. covering roughly 59 hectares in total. The largest is Redcar Trunk Road Landscaping at 16.2 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Redcar (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redcar Trunk Road Landscaping | 16.2 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Kirkleatham | 6.59 ha | — | Inert |
| Warrenby | 5.59 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Bells Containers | 5.29 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Perimeter Mounds / Perimeter of Wilton Works | 4.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mushroom Grove Allotments | 4.02 ha | 1985 | CommercialInert |
| Teesport Eston Tip | 3.25 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bells Containers | 2.83 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludge |
| Land North of York Road | 2.24 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| B S Redcar Works | 1.78 ha | — | Industrial |
| Bells Containers | 1.72 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Kirkleatham Conservation Area | 1.27 ha | 1985 | CommercialInert |
| Area adjacent to Teesdock Road | 1.05 ha | 1983 | CommercialInert |
| Redcar Caravan Park | 0.95 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| The Stray | 0.47 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Bolckow Road | 0.36 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| West Coatham Lane | 0.17 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Disused Gasholder | 0.1 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Blast Furnace Plant | 0.06 ha | — | Industrial |
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 Redcar?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Redcar 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 Redcar?
- 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.