Historic landfill sites in Spennymoor, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 14 historic landfill sites in and around Spennymoor, County Durham. covering roughly 28 hectares in total. The largest is White Wings Farm at 7.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Spennymoor (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Wings Farm | 7.48 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Sours Tip | 5.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hall Heads | 5.1 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Westerton Quarry | 3.15 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Area D Hall Heads Quarry | 1.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area N North of Windlestone | 1.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gasholder Compound | 0.93 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Dene Hopes Farm | 0.8 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North of Hall Heads Farm | 0.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pretoria House | 0.57 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Hoppers Smallholding | 0.44 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Leeholme Field | 0.32 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Area B South of Spennymoor | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leasingthorne 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 Spennymoor?
- 14 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Spennymoor 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 Spennymoor?
- 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.