Historic landfill sites in Worksop, Nottinghamshire
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Worksop, Nottinghamshire. covering roughly 73 hectares in total. The largest is Gateford Quarry at 11.9 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Worksop (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateford Quarry | 11.9 ha | — | Inert |
| Owday Lane Landfill Site | 11.53 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Carlton Forest Landfill EPR/DP3836LS | 8.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Owday Lane | 8.09 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Turner Road | 6.01 ha | — | Household |
| North of Sandy Lane | 4.65 ha | 1958 | Household |
| Steetley Works | 2.84 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Ladylee Disposal Site | 2.78 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Lady Lee Waste Disposal Site | 2.38 ha | 1973 | Waste types not recorded |
| Crossley Hill Lane | 2.12 ha | — | Household |
| Beards Mill | 2 ha | 1952 | HouseholdInert |
| Off South Parade to Railway | 1.65 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Jack Riding Wood | 1.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| British Waterways, Worksop | 1.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Highgrounds Dredging Transfer Facility | 1.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sawmill | 1.29 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Streetley Armstrong Quarry | 1.15 ha | 1989 | Industrial |
| Clinton Maltkins | 0.73 ha | 1940 | Household |
| Land Adjoining The Burial Ground Plantation | 0.52 ha | 1993 | Special |
| Ceramics Division, Steetley Works | 0.34 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Clinton Maltkins | 0.32 ha | — | Inert |
| Central Avenue | 0.14 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| The Burial Ground | 0.09 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
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 Worksop?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Worksop 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 Worksop?
- 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.