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Historic landfill sites in Stamford, Lincolnshire

The Environment Agency records 42 historic landfill sites in and around Stamford, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 147 hectares in total. The largest is Little Bytham/ Parcel Nos 1258, 2154, 2550 and 3542 - Parts Parcel Nos 4176, 6359 and 6530 at 25.85 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Stamford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Little Bytham/ Parcel Nos 1258, 2154, 2550 and 3542 - Parts Parcel Nos 4176, 6359 and 653025.85 ha1987Inert
Southorpe Quarry20.16 ha—Waste types not recorded
Part Parcel No. 00610.06 ha—Inert
Witham on the Hill9.69 ha—Inert
Barnack Road9 ha—HouseholdCommercialInert
Woolfox Quarry7.53 ha—Waste types not recorded
Collyweston Quarry7.49 ha1994Inert
Collyweston Quarry Extension7.09 ha—Inert
Ketton Quarry6.75 ha—IndustrialInert
Blackstone Tips5.37 ha1985HouseholdInert
Collyweston Quarry5.05 ha1986Inert
Copthill Farm3.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Stamford3.18 ha1977Inert
Collyweston Quarry3.14 ha1987Inert
Witham On The Hill2.77 ha1990Inert
Wakerley2.53 ha1978HouseholdInert
Uffington Road2.01 ha1985Waste types not recorded
Belvoir Close1.95 ha1992Inert
Stamford1.92 ha1977Inert
Little Casterton Road1.8 ha1992Waste types not recorded
Borrow Pit1.5 ha1986Inert
Kingscliffe Road1.27 ha1975Inert
Grange Bottom Quarry1.05 ha1993Inert
Little Bytham Disused Quarry1.05 ha1993SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Essendine Road0.94 ha—Household
Wansford Road, Yarwell0.84 ha1991Inert
Little Bytham0.7 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Copthill farm0.42 ha—Waste types not recorded
Shacklewell Hollow0.41 ha—Waste types not recorded
Castle Bytham Road0.39 ha1980Household
Careby Road0.31 ha1975Household
Careby Road0.29 ha1972HouseholdCommercial
Rear of Home Farm0.27 ha—IndustrialInert
Castle Bytham Road0.24 ha1972HouseholdCommercial
Witchley Warren0.22 ha1993Inert
East Of Picksworth Road0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Refuse Tip off Ryhall Road0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ryhall Road0.13 ha—Waste types not recorded
East Of Picksworth Road0.11 ha—Waste types not recorded
Empingham Road0.1 ha—Waste types not recorded
Stamford Quarry0.1 ha1978Inert
Stamford Road0.09 ha1985Waste 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 Stamford?
42 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stamford 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 Stamford?
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.