Historic landfill sites in Spilsby, Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Spilsby, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 24 hectares in total. The largest is South Thoresby Landfill Site at 12.54 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Spilsby (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Thoresby Landfill Site | 12.54 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Candlesby | 2.99 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Workings | 2.64 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tom Thumb Holt, Partney and Dalby | 2.23 ha | — | Household |
| The Old Railway Site | 0.96 ha | — | Household |
| Mill Lane | 0.52 ha | — | Household |
| Ulceby Cross / Land to East of Bluestone Heath Road | 0.34 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Pet Crematorium | 0.2 ha | 1994 | Special |
| Fordington Top | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Harrington Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| White Pit Way | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Land Off Bluestone Heath Road | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Swaby | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Gate Hangs Well | 0.15 ha | — | Household |
| South of Hardens Lane | 0.11 ha | — | Inert |
| Well High Lane | 0.08 ha | — | Household |
| Rigge Belt Chalk Pit | 0.07 ha | — | Inert |
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 Spilsby?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Spilsby 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 Spilsby?
- 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.