Robin Hood Quarry
CommercialInert
Robin Hood Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Sheffield. It received commercial and inert waste between 1964 and 1981, covering about 2.01 hectares. Reference EAHLD04694, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04694 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Robin Hood Quarry |
| Address | Greaves Lane, Stannington, Sheffield |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Trustees of Mathew Furness Deceased care of Waite and Company |
| Licence issued | 2 March 1981 |
| Licence surrendered | 10 January 1991 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1964 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1981 |
| Area | 2.01 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 431000, 389100 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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
- Black LaneIndustrialInert
- Myers Grove LaneWaste types not recorded
- Myers Grove LaneInert
- Land adjacent to Studfield HillIndustrialCommercialInert
- Land off Spout LaneInert
- Oldfield Terrace - Stannington RoadWaste 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.