Historic landfill sites in Ryton
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Ryton. covering roughly 223 hectares in total. The largest is Crawcrook Quarry South at 18.18 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ryton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawcrook Quarry South | 18.18 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crawcrook Quarry No.3 | 18.18 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crawcrook Quarry No.1 | 18.18 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crawcrook Quarry No.2 | 18.18 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ryton Golf Club | 16.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Burnhills Quarry No.2 | 14.65 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blaydon Quarry | 14.06 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blaydon Quarry No.1 | 14.06 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blaydon Quarry No.2 | 14.06 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blaydon Quarry No.3 | 14.06 ha | 1986 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grange Farm | 9.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Heddon Mill Waste Disposal Sit | 9.38 ha | — | Inert |
| Folly Quarry | 9.19 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Folly Quarry / Beatwaste | 8.05 ha | 1991 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ryton A Hedgefield Quarry | 5.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ryton B Holburn Dene | 3.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Throckley Park | 2.64 ha | — | Household |
| Reigh Burn | 2.53 ha | — | Household |
| Heddon Common Quarry | 2.31 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Buildings Farm Quarry | 2.28 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Clara Vale Piggery | 2.28 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hollin Hill Lane | 1.26 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Throckley West Quarry | 1.08 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Throckley | 0.96 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Newburn Sands | 0.79 ha | — | Household |
| Heddon Common | 0.63 ha | 1987 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ricklees Farm | 0.58 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Bar Moor Quarry | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crawcrook Lane - Stannerford Road | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| West Acres | 0.2 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Phoenix Quarry | 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 Ryton?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ryton 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 Ryton?
- 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.