Historic landfill sites in Sedgefield, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around Sedgefield, County Durham. covering roughly 153 hectares in total. The largest is Fishburn Colliery at 34.67 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Sedgefield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishburn Colliery | 34.67 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Fishburn Colliery Reclamation | 30.38 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Stillington Tip | 14.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to the East of the Whitton to Redmarshall Road | 9.1 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Stillington Refuse Tip | 8.93 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Bradbury Quarry | 7.45 ha | 1988 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land to the West of the Whitton to Redmarshall Road | 6.93 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Old Wingate Quarry Waste Dispo | 5.38 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bishop Middleham Waste Disposal Site | 5.09 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry | 4.51 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Refuse Tip of Durham Roadf | 4.17 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Wingate Quarry South Waste Dis | 3.76 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Stillington Tip | 2.87 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Grange Quarry | 2.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kelloe Area D | 2.09 ha | 1971 | Commercial |
| Area J West of A177 | 2.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area G East of Bishop Middleton Mine | 1.95 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Bishop Middleham Mine | 1.49 ha | — | Inert |
| Westfield Terrace | 1.46 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Stillington Industrial Estate | 1.31 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Island Farm Disused Clay Pit | 1.1 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Farncess Quarry | 0.61 ha | — | Commercial |
| Pet Haven Burial Services | 0.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cobby Castle Lane Bishopton | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Catley Hill Trimdon | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area K East of Trimdom Colliery | 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 Sedgefield?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield?
- 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.