Catthorpe Landfill
IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Catthorpe Landfill is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Lutterworth, Leicestershire. It received industrial, household and commercial waste between 1974 and 1980, covering about 5.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD28391, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28391 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Catthorpe Landfill |
| Address | Catthorpe Landfill, Rugby Road, Lutterworth, Harborough, Leicestershire |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Cleanaway Limited |
| Licence issued | 19 August 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 23 June 1986 |
| First waste input | 30 June 1974 |
| Last waste input | 30 April 1980 |
| Area | 5.34 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Severn MI |
| Grid reference | 455500, 278700 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- Household:
- everyday domestic refuse. Decomposes and can generate landfill gas for a few decades after closure.
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Junction of A5 and B5414Waste types not recorded
- Clifton Lakes FarmInert
- Rear of Watling Street GarageInert
- Cathorpe LandfillWaste types not recorded
- Miller Construction Plant YardInert
- Silt Lagoon, Gibbet Lane, Shawell, HarboroughIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.