Historic landfill sites in Thorne
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Thorne. covering roughly 68 hectares in total. The largest is Armthorpe Landfill Site at 10.88 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Thorne (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armthorpe Landfill Site | 10.88 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Doncaster Rural District Council Tip | 10.32 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Bootham Lane | 9.78 ha | — | Commercial |
| The Quarry | 7.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tudworth Hall Farm | 4.85 ha | — | Inert |
| Tudworth Landfill | 4.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent Pnderosa Country Club Fishponds | 4.75 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| South of the M62 Motorway | 4.5 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Brickworks | 3.29 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Webfill | 2.01 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Rawcliffe South | 1.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oldfield Lane | 1.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill Hill Lane | 0.81 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Cowick Road | 0.81 ha | 1973 | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill Hill Road | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cowick Road | 0.54 ha | 1988 | HouseholdInert |
| North Eastern Road, Thorne | 0.1 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Long Meadows Farm | 0.05 ha | 1993 | 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 Thorne?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Thorne 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 Thorne?
- 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.