Southfield Lane Quarry
CommercialInert
Southfield Lane Quarry is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Shirebrook, Derbyshire. It received commercial and inert waste between 1975 and 1982, covering about 1.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD22719, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD22719 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Southfield Lane Quarry |
| Address | Southfield Lane, Whitwell, Near Worksop, Nottinghamshire |
| Site operator | Steetley Minerals Limited |
| Licence holder | Steetley Minerals Limited |
| Licence issued | 28 February 1978 |
| Licence surrendered | 2 September 1982 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1975 |
| Last waste input | 31 August 1982 |
| Area | 1.24 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 452900, 376000 |
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
- Whitwell QuarryWaste types not recorded
- Adjacent to 34 Sheffield 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.