This list is a long list, and is provided for its historic interest only. It applies to the time just before many landfills were closed or the operators ceased accepting hazardous waste, due to the implementation of the EU Landfill Directive, which raised landfill standards. The vast majority sites listed here were reclassified as non-hazardous in order to comply with the EU Landfill Directive.
List of England & Wales Hazardous Waste Landfills which were Open in 2002
North East
- Alcan Pot Linings, Lynemouth Smelter, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland
- Aycliffe Quarry East, Aycliffe, County Durham
- Bitmac Landfill, Port Clarence Works, Port Clarence, Middlesborough
- Bran Sands Waste disposal, Wilton Works, Middlesborough
- Burnhills Landfill Site, Longridge Road, Greenside, Ryton, Tyne and Wear
- Coatham Stob Quarry, Durham Lane, Eaglecliffe
- Hett Hills Landfill, Chester Le Street, County Durham
- Houghton Le Spring Landfill Site, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
- ICI No2 (Teesport), Grangetown, Middlesborough
- Joint Stocks Landfill Site, Coxhoe, County Durham
- Marks Quarry, Pithouse Lane, West Rainton, County Durham
- Seaton Meadows Landfill Site, Brenda Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland
- St Bedes Landfill Site, Station Lane, Birtley, Chester Le Street, County Durham
- Thornton Fields Landfill Site, Tocketts Bridge, Guisborough, Cleveland
- Todhills Landfill Site, Newfield, Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Allerton Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
- Alne Brickworks, Easingwol, York
- Bootham lane, Dunscroft, Doncaster
- Bradley Landfill, Bradley, Huddersfield
- CR Longley Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
- Catwick Grange, Hornsea Road, Leven, Beverley
- Cowpen Bewley, Billingham
- Escrick Landfill, Escrick, North Yorkshire
- Darrington North, Cridling Stubbs, Knottingley
- Finningley Landfill, Finningley, Doncaster
- Former Railway Cutting, Mexborough, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
- Hollins Hey Landfill, Blackley, Elland, West Yorkshire
- Knapton Gravel Quarry, Malton, East Yorkshire
- Peckfield Landfill, Micklefield, Leeds
- Rotherham Landfill, Kimberworth, Rotherham
- Scabba Wood, Sprotbrough, Doncaster
- Skelbrooke, Straight Lane, Doncaster
- Skelton Grange, Pontefract lane, Rothwel, Leeds
- Suttonfield Landfill, Sutton, Doncaster
- Thornhill Quarry, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
- Tinsley Park Works, Shepcote Lane, Sheffield
- Wath Manvers, Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham
- Welbeck Landfill, Normanton, Wakefield
- Barnsdale Bar, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract
- Long Lane Landfill, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract
North West
- Arpley Landfill, Sankey Bridges, Warrington
- Bennet Bank Landfill, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
- Bromborough Dock, Wirral
- Church Works, Accrington, Lancashire
- Clayton Hall, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley
- Clifton Hall, Swinton, Manchester
- Clifton Marsh, Clifton, Preston, Lancashire
- Coplow Quarry, Castle Cement, Clitheroe, Blackburn
- Danes Moss Landfill, Macclesfield, Cheshire
- Deerplay Landfill, Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire
- Distington Landfill, Lillyhall, Workington
- Eardswick Hall, Minshull Vernon, Crewe
- Gowy Landfill, Wimbolds Trafford, Chester
- Hapton Works, Burnely, Lancashire
- High Moor Quarry, Scouthead, Oldham, Lancashire
- Lillyhall Landfill, Workington, Cumbria
- Lord St, St Helens, Merseyside
- Maw Green Landfill, Coppenhall, Crewe
- Moss Side & Fir Tree, Warrington, Cheshire
- Pilsworth North, Bury, Lancashire
- Randle Landfill, Astmoor, Runcorn, Cheshire
- Rigby Landfill, House Quarries, Adlington, Lancashire
- Risley Landfill, Warrington, Cheshire
- Royal Ordnance Landfill, Euxton, Chorly, Lancashire
- Tenement Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
- Thorny Height Quarry, Darwen, Lancashire
- Whitemoss Landfill, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Withnell Landfill, Withnell, Lancashire
Midlands
- Barnsley Lane, Barnsley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Barnstone Landfill, Barnstone, Nottingham
- Betton Abbots, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Bishop's Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Boston Landfill, Wyberton, Boston, Lincs
- Bradgate Landfill, Field Head, Leicestershire
- Burntstump Landfill, Arnold, Nottinghamshire
- Bilsthorpe Landfill, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire
- Bretby No3, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
- Candles Landfill, New works, Telford, Shropshire
- Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincs
- Fenton Manor Quarry, Fenton, Stoke on Trent
- Granville Landfill, St georges, Telford, Shropshire
- Hamley Quarry, Kingswinford, Dudley
- Himley Wood, Lower Gornal, near Dudley, Staffordshire
- Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
- Landfill No 4, Greatcoates Works, Grimsby
- Ling Hall, Lawford Heath, Warwickshire
- Kilsby Landfill, Kilsby, Rugby
- Marchington Landfill, Draycutt-in-the-Clay, Derbyshire
- Meece Landfill, Cold Meece, Staffordshire
- Minworth Works, Minworth, Sutton Coalfield,
- Packington Landfill, Little Packington, Meriden, Coventry
- Parkwood Road, Neepsend, Sheffield
- Poplars Landfill, Cannock, Staffordshire
- Rugby Works, Lawford Road, Rugby, Warwickshire
- Southam Cement Works, Long Itchington, Rugby, Warwickshire
- Staveley landfill, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Taddington Landfill, Carlton Hill, Taddington, Derbyshire
- Ufton Farm, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Vigo/Utopia Quarry, Walsall, West Midlands
- Wilnecote Landfill, Dosthill, Tamworth, Staffordshire
- Wyrley Grove, Little Wryley Cannock, Staffordshire
- Coxbench Quarry, Horley, Derby
- Edwin Richards, Warley, West Midlands
- Elvaston Landfill, Shardlow, Derbyshire
- Erin Landfill, Duckmanton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Docket Head Quarry, Arnold, Nottingham
- Hill and Moor, Pershore, Worcestershire
- Ketton Grange Quarry, Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Leadenham Landfill, Leadenham, Sleaford, Lincs
- Killingholme Oil Refinery, South Killingholme, Lincs
- Lindsey Oil Refinery, North Killingholme, Immingham, Lincs
- Middlemarsh Landfill, Skegness, Lincs
- North Hykeham, Skellingthrope, Lincs
- Roxby Landfill, Kimberworth, Scunthorpe, Lincs
- Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
- Slipe Clay Pit, King's Cliffe, Northants
- Sutton Landfill, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
- Winterton Landfill, Winterton, Lincs
- Whisby Landfill, Whisby, Lincoln
- Welford Landfill, Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Weldon Landfill, Weldon, Northamptonshire
- Waresley Landfill, Harthebury Trading Estate, Kidderminster
- Rushton Landfill, Rushton, Northants
- Sidegate Landfill, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
- Bubbenhall Landfill, Bubbenhall, Warwickshire
Wales
- Astbury Quarry, Dark Lane, Burton, Rossett, Wrexham
- Brook Hill Landfill Site, Pinfold Lane, Buckley, Flintshire
- Cilgwyn Landfill Disposal Site, Carmel, Penygroes, Gwynedd
- Corus UK Ltd, Llanwern Works East, Newport, Gwent
- Landfarm 7, TotalFinaElf, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
- Corus Colours, Shotton Works, Deeside, Flintshire
- Llanddulas Landfill, Abergele Road, Llanddulas, Conwy
- Morfa Landfill, Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire
- Nantycaws Landfill Site, Nantycaws, Carmarthen
- Penhesgyn Gors, Llansadwrn, Ynys Mon
- Pwllfawatkin Landfill, Rhyd-y-Fro, Pontardawe, Swansea
- Sloblands Landfill Site, Corporation Road, Newport
- Texaco Refinery, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
- Trecatti Landfill, Fochriw Road, Merthyr Tydfil
- Withyhedge Landfill Site, Bowlings Farm, Rudbaxton, Haverfordwest
South East
- Albury Sandpit, Shere Road, Guildford, Surrey
- Alkerton Quarry, Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Ardley Quarry, Ardley, Oxfordshire
- Arlesey Landfill, Mill Lane, Arlesey, Beds
- Ayletts Farm Quarry, Rainham, Essex
- Beddingham Landfill, Beddingham, East Sussex
- Bletchley Landfill, Newton Longville, Bucks
- Brogborough Landfill, Brogborough, Milton Keynes
- Brookhurstwood Landfill, Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex
- Calvert Landfill, Brackley Lane, Calvert, Bucks
- Colnbrook Landfill, Sutton Lane, Colnbrook, Berks
- Dix Pit, Linch Hill, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
- Elsenham Quarry, Hall Road, Elsenham, Herts
- Ewelme 2, Icknield Way, Ewelme, Wallingford
- Hermitage Farm, Oare, Berkshire
- Hogs Back Sandpit, Guildford Road, Farnham, Surrey
- Horton Landfill, Small Dole, Henfield, West Sussex
- Land South of Frith, Wickham, Fareham, Hampshire
- Mucking Landfill, Stanford le Hope, Essex
- Norlands Lane, Thorpe, Egham, Surrey
- North Herts Landfill, Ickleford, Hertfordshire
- Ockendon Landfill, Medebridge Road, Grays, Essex
- Pebsham Landfill, Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex
- Pinden Quarry, Longfield, Kent
- Redhill Landfill, Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey
- Shakespeare Farm, St Mary Hoo, Rochester, Kent
- Southleigh Landfill, Emsworth, Hampshire
- Squabb Wood Landfill, Salisbury Road, Romsey, Hampshire
- Standen Heath, Downend, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Stewartby Landfill, Green Lane, Stewartby Bedfordshire
- Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Oxon
- The Hollow and Windmill Quarry, Washington, West Sussex
- Tripcock Point, Thamesmead, London
- Wapseys Wood, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks
- Waterhall Quarry, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford
- Whiteparish Quarry, Whiteparish, Hampshire
- Whistely Court and Lea Farm, Woodley, Reading
- Chatsworth/Blue Haze Sandpits, Somerley, Ringwood, Hants
South West
- Aust Landfill, Northwick, Bristol
- Beacon Hill Quarry, Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, Dorset
- Chapel Farm, Blunsdon, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Chelson Meadow, plymstock, Plymouth, Devon
- Combebow Landfill, Okehampton, Devon
- Connon Bridge, Liskeard, Cornwall
- Deep Moor Landfill, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon
- Frampton Landfill, Whitminster, Gloucestershire
- Heathfield Landfill, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon
- Hempsted Landfill, Hempsted, Gloucestershire
- Pondbottom Landfill, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Studley Grange Farm, Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire
- United Mines, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall
- Walpole Landfill, Bridgewater, Somerset
- White's Pit, Wimborne, Dorset
- Southwood Landfill, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
- Codrington Quarry, Codrington, Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- Harnhill Quarry, Olveston, Avon
- Dimmer Landfill, Castle Cary, Somerset
Anglia
- Folly Farm, Ipswich, Suffolk
- Fornham St Genevieve Landfill, Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk
- Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
- Great Blakenham Landfill, Great Blakenham, Suffolk
- Lackford Landfill, Lackford, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk
- Mardle Road, Wangford, Suffolk
- Aldeby Landfill, Oaklands Gravel Pit, Aldeby, Norfolk
- Attlebridge Landfill, Attlebridge, Norfolk
- Barrington Cement, Barrington, Cambs
- Blackborough End, King's Lynn, Norfolk
- Carbrooke PCC Pit, Carbrooke, Norfolk
- Dogsthorpe Landfill, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough
- Eye Landfill, Eye, Peterborough
- Feltwell Landfill Feltwell, Norfolk
- March Landfill, March, Cambs
- Mayton Wood, Buxton, Norwich
- Milton Landfill, Milton, Cambridge
- William George Waste Disposal, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
- Warboys Landfill, Warboys, Huntingdon, Cambs
- Grunty Fen landfill, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Kennett Landfill, Kennett, Cambs
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