Gravel Pits
Inert
Gravel Pits is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Ilkley. It received inert waste between 1965 and 1983, covering about 4.34 hectares. Reference EAHLD03916, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD03916 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Gravel Pits |
| Address | Leeds Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | Ilkley Urban District Council |
| Licence holder | Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1965 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1983 |
| Area | 4.34 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Exempt |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 414500, 447600 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land at Coutances WayInert
- Refuse Tip off Sun LaneIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- High Cragg Farm - Low Stead FarmCommercialInert
- Hospital TipIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Middleton HospitalWaste 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.