Historic landfill sites in Swadlincote, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Swadlincote, Derbyshire. covering roughly 153 hectares in total. The largest is Willington Power Station/Land to West of Repton Road at 22.04 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Swadlincote (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willington Power Station/Land to West of Repton Road | 22.04 ha | 1997 | Liquid / sludge |
| Acresford Quarry | 14.55 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Bretby-I | 12.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Haywoods Site | 11.76 ha | — | Commercial |
| U K Coal Mining Ltd Nadins Opencast Coal Site | 11.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moira Pottery Landfill Site | 9.29 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Land to the West of Repton Road | 6.76 ha | 1999 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Repton Ash Disposal Site | 6.7 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Woodville Landfill Site | 5.88 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Sweethill Landfill Site | 5.5 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Potlocks Farm | 5.3 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| Hillside Quarry Landfill Site | 5.19 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rawdon Villa Landfill Site | 5.03 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Bramborough Farm Landfill Site | 4.58 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land to the West of Repton Road | 4 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Gravel Pit Hill | 4 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gravel Hill Pit Sand Quarry | 3.74 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Stanton Refuse Tip | 3.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cauldwell Lane | 2.5 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Church Street Refuse Tip | 2.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Willesley Lane Quarry | 2.03 ha | 1988 | Industrial |
| Sun Street Landfill Site | 1.23 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Railway Cutting off A511/Former Railway Cutting | 0.75 ha | 1995 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of Belmont Filling Station | 0.67 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Derbyshire Incineration Limited | 0.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| John Knowles and Company Landfill Site | 0.56 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Klondyke | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bretby Park | 0.29 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Sunnyside | 0.21 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
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 Swadlincote?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Swadlincote 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 Swadlincote?
- 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.