Historic landfill sites in Thrapston, North Northamptonshire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Thrapston, North Northamptonshire. covering roughly 130 hectares in total. The largest is Rectory Farm Quarry at 29.72 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Thrapston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rectory Farm Quarry | 29.72 ha | — | Inert |
| Woodford Grange | 13.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Rectory Farm Quarry | 12.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Woodford Borrow Pits East and West | 12.16 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Slipton Lane | 11.82 ha | 1983 | HouseholdInert |
| Woodford Grange | 11.59 ha | — | Inert |
| Denford Ash Farm | 9.42 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Borrow Pit No.4 | 7.9 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Woodford Borrow Pits East and West | 6.33 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| OS Plots 5100 and 5115, Rectory Farm | 5.17 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Field Adjacent To Oundle Road Layby | 2.33 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Opposite Factory Premises, Midland Road | 1.86 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Field Adjacent To A605 Bypass | 1.16 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Brigstock Bypass | 1.12 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| OS Field No.131 | 0.94 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| The Old Quarry | 0.92 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Land At Titchmarsh Mill | 0.86 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Slipton Landfill Site | 0.63 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Western Raine | 0.38 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 Thrapston?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Thrapston 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 Thrapston?
- 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.