Historic landfill sites in Whickham
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Whickham. covering roughly 111 hectares in total. The largest is Tyneside Commercial Park at 36.61 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Whickham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyneside Commercial Park | 36.61 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Metro Centre | 18.92 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Metro Centre Phase 4 | 12.01 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Burdon Dene | 7.52 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Dunston | 7.49 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Rugby Club Swalwell | 5.6 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Derwenthaugh Road | 4.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crowley Hotel - Whickham Thorns | 4.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| St Cuthberts | 3.99 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Scotswood Bridge Reclamation | 2.03 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Buddle Road Reserve | 1.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Blakelaw Quarry | 1.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fox and Hounds Road | 1.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dunston Power Station | 1.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Marshall Lands | 0.9 ha | 1972 | Household |
| Delta Ironworks | 0.75 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Bridge Caravan Site | 0.22 ha | 1989 | 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 Whickham?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Whickham 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 Whickham?
- 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.