Historic landfill sites in Yeadon
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Yeadon. covering roughly 51 hectares in total. The largest is Pool Bank Quarry at 7.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Yeadon (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pool Bank Quarry | 7.48 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Calverley Woods | 5.97 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Grange Farm | 5.42 ha | 1998 | Inert |
| High Trees Nursery | 4.67 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Limekiln Hill | 3.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| None Go Bye Farm | 2.61 ha | 1986 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Greengates Quarry | 2.42 ha | 1978 | Commercial |
| High Street | 2.39 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Otley Old Road | 2.35 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| St Helena Plantation | 2.21 ha | 1983 | CommercialInert |
| Novia Plantation | 2.17 ha | — | Inert |
| Apperley Lane Quarry | 2.16 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| High Trees Nursery | 1.81 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Daneswood Farm | 1.24 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Old Reservoir, Yeadon | 1.09 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| None Go Bye Farm | 0.91 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Spite and Malice | 0.64 ha | 1957 | Inert |
| Old Reservoir, Moorfield Croft | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| BMX Track | 0.45 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Land at New Line | 0.32 ha | — | Inert |
| Naylor Jennings | 0.29 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Crag Farm Road | 0.28 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Caraland Caravans | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Quarry, Grange Avenue | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| 1 Gill Lane | 0.03 ha | 1968 | 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 Yeadon?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Yeadon 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 Yeadon?
- 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.