Stairfoot North Quarry Phase 2
SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Stairfoot North Quarry Phase 2 is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Worsbrough. It received special (hazardous), industrial, household, commercial and inert waste between 1992 and 1988, covering about 2.74 hectares. Reference EAHLD04372, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04372 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Stairfoot North Quarry Phase 2 |
| Address | Wombwell Lane, Stairfoot, Barnsley |
| Site operator | Not recorded |
| Licence holder | The Yorkshire Brick Company Limited |
| Licence issued | 29 July 1980 |
| Licence surrendered | 30 April 1988 |
| First waste input | 31 January 1992 |
| Last waste input | Not recorded |
| Area | 2.74 ha |
| Gas control | Yes |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 437700, 405300 |
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.
- Industrial:
- factory and process waste. Contents vary widely — some benign, some not; the site's operator and era are the clues.
- 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
- Stairfoot QuarryCommercial
- Stairfoot BrickworksIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Stairfoot Landfill SiteSpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Stairfoot Quarry No.2SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Stairfoot Brickworks QuarryLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
- Disused Canal - Doncaster 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.