Sycamore Farm
Inert
Sycamore Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Stocksbridge. It received inert waste between 1986 and 1987, covering about 0.45 hectares. Reference EAHLD04523, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04523 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Sycamore Farm |
| Address | Finkle Street, Wortley |
| Site operator | Wharncliffe Estates |
| Licence holder | Wharncliffe estates |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1986 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1987 |
| Area | 0.45 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Ridings NE |
| Grid reference | 430500, 398800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Land being part of Northorpe Farm Holding Sycamore FarmCommercialInert
- Disused QuarryCommercialInert
- Wortley RoadInert
- Smithyfold FarmCommercialInert
- Ellen Cliffe QuarryInert
- Well Hill 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.