Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip
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Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. It received household and commercial waste between 1953 and 1973, covering about 1.28 hectares. Reference EAHLD22198, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD22198 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam Tip |
| Address | Off Wigwam Lane, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
| Site operator | Hucknall Urban District Council |
| Licence holder | Not recorded |
| Licence issued | Not recorded |
| Licence surrendered | Not recorded |
| First waste input | 31 December 1953 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1973 |
| Area | 1.28 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Not recorded |
| EA area | Lower Trent MI |
| Grid reference | 454700, 348200 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- 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.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Wigwam LaneIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam TipHouseholdCommercial
- Wigwam Landfill/Wigwam TipIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
- Moorbridge WorksWaste types not recorded
- Disused Railway Cutting/Tip Top TipsInert
- Bestwood Landfill Site/Bestwood QuarrySpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
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.