Greenfields Pit Shaft
SpecialHouseholdCommercial
Greenfields Pit Shaft is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. It received special (hazardous), household and commercial waste between 1972 and 1994, covering about 0.36 hectares. Reference EAHLD06011, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD06011 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Greenfields Pit Shaft |
| Address | Greenfields Lane, Woodhouse, Bishop Auckland, County Durham |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | Scandura Limited |
| Licence issued | 18 August 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 29 April 1994 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1972 |
| Last waste input | 29 April 1994 |
| Area | 0.36 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Northumbria NE |
| Grid reference | 419000, 528000 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Special:
- the licensing-era term for hazardous waste — asbestos, chemicals, oils. The category that most warrants a closer look.
- 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
- Tindale CrescentWaste types not recorded
- Etherley DeneInert
- Old Hall FarmWaste types not recorded
- Vaughan BrickworksIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Fylands TipIndustrial
- Escomb WestWaste 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.