Historic landfill sites in Stanley, County Durham
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Stanley, County Durham. covering roughly 89 hectares in total. The largest is Land West of Stanley at 14.67 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Stanley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land West of Stanley | 14.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tanfield Lee Tip | 7.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area D South of Quaking Hous | 6.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pockerly Farm Beamish | 6.47 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| East Tanfield Sewage Treatment | 6.2 ha | — | Industrial |
| Longfield House Farm | 5.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Twizell Hall Farm | 4.32 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Area B North of Esh Winning | 4.22 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Burnhope Waste Disposal Site | 4.09 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Burnopfield Waste Disposal Sit | 3.4 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Burnopfield Refuse Disposal Tip | 3.2 ha | — | Commercial |
| Area A South of No Place | 3.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Handenhold Waste Disposal Site | 3.09 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tanfield Lee Tip No.1 | 2.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North of Wagtail Lane | 2.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| No Place Tip | 1.88 ha | — | Commercial |
| Holmside Tip | 1.6 ha | 1985 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Penshaw View | 1.46 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Area H North Beamish | 1.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Tanfield Brickworks | 1.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beamish Caravan Site | 1.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area B East Farm Edmondsley | 0.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mount Escob | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area D West Grange Villa | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area E Holly Hill | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area E West of West Pelton | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area F South of High Handenh | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land East of Stanley | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Area G West of High Handenho | 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 Stanley?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Stanley 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 Stanley?
- 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.