Historic landfill sites in Wombwell
The Environment Agency records 43 historic landfill sites in and around Wombwell. covering roughly 175 hectares in total. The largest is V H E Construction Plc - Former Cortonwood Colliery at 74.51 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wombwell (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| V H E Construction Plc - Former Cortonwood Colliery | 74.51 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| National Coal Board | 12.88 ha | 1995 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Parkhill Quarry | 10.41 ha | 1995 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| V H E Construction Plc | 9.97 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Former Clay Pit | 9.97 ha | 1994 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land to East of A633 Road adjacent to Knoll Beck | 6.13 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Stairfoot Quarry No.2 | 4.72 ha | 1987 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land To North of Wombwell Bypass | 4.68 ha | 1995 | CommercialInert |
| Land Off Wath Road | 3.75 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Wombwell Foundry | 3.04 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wath Road | 2.93 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Quarry | 2.89 ha | — | Commercial |
| Former Quarry | 2.66 ha | — | Household |
| Land to the rear of Brookfield | 2.21 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Hague Lane | 2.16 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hague Lane | 2.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Cinder Cottage Site | 2.04 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Disused canal between Station Road and Littlefield Road | 1.75 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Lundhill Road | 1.53 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stairfoot Brickworks Quarry | 1.47 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Carlton Main Brickworks | 1.45 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land adjacent to Rifle Range Farm | 1.26 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused railway cutting to the rear of 39 Wombell Lane | 1.25 ha | 1989 | CommercialInert |
| Wentworth Road | 1.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hoober Quarry | 0.99 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Quarry Tip | 0.99 ha | 1971 | Household |
| End Of Ings Road | 0.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Off Milton Road - Millhouses Street | 0.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Upperwood Hall | 0.58 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Greenside Lane | 0.41 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land North of Valley Road | 0.38 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Section of disused canal between Everill Gate Lane | 0.37 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Part of New Park Spring Tip | 0.37 ha | — | Commercial |
| Lea Brook Quarry | 0.35 ha | — | Commercial |
| Station Road Industrial Estate | 0.32 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Rear of Catholic Club | 0.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Paddock next to Red House Farm | 0.26 ha | 1982 | CommercialInert |
| Lundhill Tavern | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brampton Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Canal between Littlefield Lane and Station Road | 0.14 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Glass House Green | 0.13 ha | 1988 | CommercialInert |
| North Ferriby Tip | 0.09 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off Upper Wortley Road | 0.06 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 Wombwell?
- 43 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wombwell 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 Wombwell?
- 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.