Historic landfill sites in Ripley, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Ripley, Derbyshire. covering roughly 57 hectares in total. The largest is The Tanyard at 10.39 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ripley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tanyard | 10.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Derbyshire County Council, Waste Disposal Site | 9.48 ha | 1982 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Ryefield Quarry | 4.5 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Hammersmith Site | 4.47 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Pit Lane | 4.16 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Land Adjacent to A61 | 3.85 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Meadow Farm | 3.35 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council Refuse Tip | 2.84 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Salterwood Quarry | 2.68 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Coneygrey Farm | 2.58 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Denby Pottery | 2.23 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Slaters Pipeworks | 2.2 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Cromford Canal | 1.44 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Hermitage Farm | 1.07 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Pit Lane | 0.57 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Butterley Hill | 0.26 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Railway Cutting | 0.25 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Disused Railway Cutting, Part of own Railway Sidings and Marshalling Area | 0.24 ha | 1993 | Industrial |
| Waingroves | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Ripley?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ripley 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 Ripley?
- 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.