Donisthorpe Landfill Site C - Canal Tip
Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial
Donisthorpe Landfill Site C - Canal Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. It received liquid/sludge, household and commercial waste between 1938 and 1972, covering about 1.96 hectares. Reference EAHLD23613, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD23613 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Donisthorpe Landfill Site C - Canal Tip |
| Address | Off Measham Road, Donisthorpe, Leicestershire |
| Site operator | Ashby De La Zouch Rural District Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1938 |
| Last waste input | 31 May 1972 |
| Area | 1.96 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Upper Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 432500, 313800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Liquid / sludge:
- liquid wastes and sludges, such as sewage sludge or industrial effluent. Can be mobile in groundwater, so worth understanding.
- 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
- Church Street Refuse TipWaste types not recorded
- Bramborough Farm Landfill SiteIndustrialInert
- Oakthorpe Landfill SiteIndustrialHouseholdInert
- Measham Landfill SiteHouseholdCommercial
- Canal TipWaste types not recorded
- Willesley Lane QuarryIndustrial
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.