Landfill Check

Whinbarrow Lane

SpecialInert

Whinbarrow Lane is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Aspatria, Cumberland. It received special (hazardous) and inert waste from 1994, covering about 2.24 hectares. Reference EAHLD07788, October 2025 data revision.

Full record

EA referenceEAHLD07788
Site nameWhinbarrow Lane
AddressWhinbarrow Lane, Aspatria, Cumbria
Site operatorHayton Builders Limited
Licence holderHayton Builders Limited
Licence issued4 February 1994
Licence surrenderedNot recorded
First waste input16 May 1994
Last waste inputNot recorded
Area2.24 ha
Gas controlNot recorded
Leachate containmentNot recorded
Licensed siteYes
EA areaNorthern NW
Grid reference314100, 542500

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.
Inert:
builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.

Other historic landfill sites nearby

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.