Historic landfill sites in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around Sleaford, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 33 hectares in total. The largest is Mareham Lane at 11.53 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Sleaford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mareham Lane | 11.53 ha | 1988 | HouseholdInert |
| Station Farm - Hurn Corner | 5.32 ha | — | Household |
| East Road Tip | 4.61 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Site West Of Woodbridge Road Industrial Estate | 3.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Holdingham | 1.76 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Mareham Lane | 1.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Silk Willoughby | 1.05 ha | — | Household |
| OS Plot 7925 | 0.99 ha | — | Inert |
| South Rauceby | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cottage Kennels | 0.68 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Station Road | 0.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Folkingham | 0.26 ha | — | Inert |
| East of Thorpe Drove | 0.13 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 Sleaford?
- 13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Sleaford 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 Sleaford?
- 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.