Leicester Corporation Site (2)
HouseholdCommercialInert
Leicester Corporation Site (2) is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Syston, Leicestershire. It received household, commercial and inert waste between 1967 and 1993, covering about 61.63 hectares. Reference EAHLD28190, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD28190 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Leicester Corporation Site (2) |
| Address | Fillingate, Wanlip, Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Site operator | Leicester Corporation |
| Licence holder | Mr P Winterton |
| Licence issued | 14 December 1977 |
| Licence surrendered | 5 April 1993 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1967 |
| Last waste input | 5 April 1993 |
| Area | 61.63 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 460300, 311800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Leicester Corporation Site (1)Inert
- Wanlip RoadInert
- Wanlip Road, Syston, CharnwoodInert
- Wanlip GravelsIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- P. Winterton Limited's SiteIndustrial
- Meadow Lane Quarry/SystonWaste 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.