Historic landfill sites in South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire. covering roughly 42 hectares in total. The largest is Land adjacent to former A63 Ellerker - Brough Road at 9.53 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around South Cave (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land adjacent to former A63 Ellerker - Brough Road | 9.53 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Ellerker Pits Landfill No.2 | 6.6 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Dispit Limited | 5.61 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| White Gap Tip | 4.05 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Stockbridge Roundabout | 3.64 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Dryham Lane - Tarmac | 2.68 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Works off Cliffe Road | 2.36 ha | — | Industrial |
| Trundle Gate | 1.95 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Stonepit Road Depot | 1.18 ha | — | Household |
| High Road | 0.44 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| North Middlehowe Pit | 0.42 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Middlehow Pit | 0.41 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHousehold |
| Raywell Road | 0.4 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Riplingham Grange Pit | 0.35 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| High Gardham | 0.35 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Brough Airfield | 0.32 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| South Middlehow Pit | 0.3 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Low Gardham | 0.22 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Yellow Clints Pit | 0.21 ha | 1948 | IndustrialInert |
| Wauldby North | 0.21 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Pit off Littlewood Road | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Bottom Plantation | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lilac Grove - Rowley Road | 0.14 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Newbald Lodge | 0.13 ha | — | Industrial |
| Hotham east | 0.09 ha | — | Industrial |
| Monckton Walk site A | 0.08 ha | 1983 | 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 South Cave?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of South Cave 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 South Cave?
- 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.