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

1. Alcan Pot Linings, Lynemouth Smelter, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland
2. Aycliffe Quarry East, Aycliffe, County Durham
3. Bitmac Landfill, Port Clarence Works, Port Clarence, Middlesborough
4. Bran Sands Waste disposal, Wilton Works, Middlesborough
5. Burnhills Landfill Site, Longridge Road, Greenside, Ryton, Tyne and Wear
6. Coatham Stob Quarry, Durham Lane, Eaglecliffe
7. Hett Hills Landfill, Chester Le Street, County Durham
8. Houghton Le Spring Landfill Site, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
9. ICI No2 (Teesport), Grangetown, Middlesborough
10. Joint Stocks Landfill Site, Coxhoe, County Durham
11. Marks Quarry, Pithouse Lane, West Rainton, County Durham
12. Seaton Meadows Landfill Site, Brenda Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland
13. St Bedes Landfill Site, Station Lane, Birtley, Chester Le Street, County Durham
14. Thornton Fields Landfill Site, Tocketts Bridge, Guisborough, Cleveland
15. Todhills Landfill Site, Newfield, Bishop Auckland, County Durham
16. Allerton Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
17. Alne Brickworks, Easingwol, York
18. Bootham lane, Dunscroft, Doncaster
19. Bradley Landfill, Bradley, Huddersfield
20. CR Longley Ltd, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
21. Catwick Grange, Hornsea Road, Leven, Beverley
22. Cowpen Bewley, Billingham
23. Escrick Landfill, Escrick, North Yorkshire
24. Darrington North, Cridling Stubbs, Knottingley
25. Finningley Landfill, Finningley, Doncaster
26. Former Railway Cutting, Mexborough, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
27. Hollins Hey Landfill, Blackley, Elland, West Yorkshire
28. Knapton Gravel Quarry, Malton, East Yorkshire
29. Peckfield Landfill, Micklefield, Leeds
30. Rotherham Landfill, Kimberworth, Rotherham
31. Scabba Wood, Sprotbrough, Doncaster
32. Skelbrooke, Straight Lane, Doncaster
33. Skelton Grange, Pontefract lane, Rothwel, Leeds
34. Suttonfield Landfill, Sutton, Doncaster
35. Thornhill Quarry, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
36. Tinsley Park Works, Shepcote Lane, Sheffield
37. Wath Manvers, Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham
38. Welbeck Landfill, Normanton, Wakefield
39. Barnsdale Bar, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract
40. Long Lane Landfill, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract

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North West

1. Arpley Landfill, Sankey Bridges, Warrington
2. Bennet Bank Landfill, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
3. Bromborough Dock, Wirral
4. Church Works, Accrington, Lancashire
5. Clayton Hall, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley
6. Clifton Hall, Swinton, Manchester
7. Clifton Marsh, Clifton, Preston, Lancashire
8. Coplow Quarry, Castle Cement, Clitheroe, Blackburn
9. Danes Moss Landfill, Macclesfield, Cheshire
10. Deerplay Landfill, Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire
11. Distington Landfill, Lillyhall, Workington
12. Eardswick Hall, Minshull Vernon, Crewe
13. Gowy Landfill, Wimbolds Trafford, Chester
14. Hapton Works, Burnely, Lancashire
15. High Moor Quarry, Scouthead, Oldham, Lancashire
16. Lillyhall Landfill, Workington, Cumbria
17. Lord St, St Helens, Merseyside
18. Maw Green Landfill, Coppenhall, Crewe
19. Moss Side & Fir Tree, Warrington, Cheshire
20. Pilsworth North, Bury, Lancashire
21. Randle Landfill, Astmoor, Runcorn, Cheshire
22. Rigby Landfill, House Quarries, Adlington, Lancashire
23. Risley Landfill, Warrington, Cheshire
24. Royal Ordnance Landfill, Euxton, Chorly, Lancashire
25. Tenement Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
26. Thorny Height Quarry, Darwen, Lancashire
27. Whitemoss Landfill, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
28. Withnell Landfill, Withnell, Lancashire

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Midlands

1. Barnsley Lane, Barnsley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
2. Barnstone Landfill, Barnstone, Nottingham
3. Betton Abbots, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
4. Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
5. Boston Landfill, Wyberton, Boston, Lincs
6. Bradgate Landfill, Field Head, Leicestershire
7. Burntstump Landfill, Arnold, Nottinghamshire
8. Bilsthorpe Landfill, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire
9. Bretby No3, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
10. Candles Landfill, New works, Telford, Shropshire
11. Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincs
12. Fenton Manor Quarry, Fenton, Stoke on Trent
13. Granville Landfill, St georges, Telford, Shropshire
14. Hamley Quarry, Kingswinford, Dudley
15. Himley Wood, Lower Gornal, near Dudley, Staffordshire
16. Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
17. Landfill No 4, Greatcoates Works, Grimsby
18. Ling Hall, Lawford Heath, Warwickshire
19. Kilsby Landfill, Kilsby, Rugby
20. Marchington Landfill, Draycutt-in-the-Clay, Derbyshire
21. Meece Landfill, Cold Meece, Staffordshire
22. Minworth Works, Minworth, Sutton Coalfield,
23. Packington Landfill, Little Packington, Meriden, Coventry
24. Parkwood Road, Neepsend, Sheffield
25. Poplars Landfill, Cannock, Staffordshire
26. Rugby Works, Lawford Road, Rugby, Warwickshire
27. Southam Cement Works, Long Itchington, Rugby, Warwickshire
28. Staveley landfill, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
29. Taddington Landfill, Carlton Hill, Taddington, Derbyshire
30. Ufton Farm, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
31. Vigo/Utopia Quarry, Walsall, West Midlands
32. Wilnecote Landfill, Dosthill, Tamworth, Staffordshire
33. Wyrley Grove, Little Wryley Cannock, Staffordshire
34. Coxbench Quarry, Horley, Derby
35. Edwin Richards, Warley, West Midlands
36. Elvaston Landfill, Shardlow, Derbyshire
37. Erin Landfill, Duckmanton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
38. Docket Head Quarry, Arnold, Nottingham
39. Hill and Moor, Pershore, Worcestershire
40. Ketton Grange Quarry, Stamford, Lincolnshire
41. Leadenham Landfill, Leadenham, Sleaford, Lincs
42. Killingholme Oil Refinery, South Killingholme, Lincs
43. Lindsey Oil Refinery, North Killingholme, Immingham, Lincs
44. Middlemarsh Landfill, Skegness, Lincs
45. North Hykeham, Skellingthrope, Lincs
46. Roxby Landfill, Kimberworth, Scunthorpe, Lincs
47. Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
48. Slipe Clay Pit, King’s Cliffe, Northants
49. Sutton Landfill, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
50. Winterton Landfill, Winterton, Lincs
51. Whisby Landfill, Whisby, Lincoln
52. Welford Landfill, Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
53. Weldon Landfill, Weldon, Northamptonshire
54. Waresley Landfill, Harthebury Trading Estate, Kidderminster
55. Rushton Landfill, Rushton, Northants
56. Sidegate Landfill, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
57. Bubbenhall Landfill, Bubbenhall, Warwickshire

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Wales

1. Astbury Quarry, Dark Lane, Burton, Rossett, Wrexham
2. Brook Hill Landfill Site, Pinfold Lane, Buckley, Flintshire
3. Cilgwyn Landfill Disposal Site, Carmel, Penygroes, Gwynedd
4. Corus UK Ltd, Llanwern Works East, Newport, Gwent
5. Landfarm 7, TotalFinaElf, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
6. Corus Colours, Shotton Works, Deeside, Flintshire
7. Llanddulas Landfill, Abergele Road, Llanddulas, Conwy
8. Morfa Landfill, Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire
9. Nantycaws Landfill Site, Nantycaws, Carmarthen
10. Penhesgyn Gors, Llansadwrn, Ynys Mon
11. Pwllfawatkin Landfill, Rhyd-y-Fro, Pontardawe, Swansea
12. Sloblands Landfill Site, Corporation Road, Newport
13. Texaco Refinery, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
14. Trecatti Landfill, Fochriw Road, Merthyr Tydfil
15. Withyhedge Landfill Site, Bowlings Farm, Rudbaxton, Haverfordwest

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South East

1. Albury Sandpit, Shere Road, Guildford, Surrey
2. Alkerton Quarry, Banbury, Oxfordshire
3. Ardley Quarry, Ardley, Oxfordshire
4. Arlesey Landfill, Mill Lane, Arlesey, Beds
5. Ayletts Farm Quarry, Rainham, Essex
6. Beddingham Landfill, Beddingham, East Sussex
7. Bletchley Landfill, Newton Longville, Bucks
8. Brogborough Landfill, Brogborough, Milton Keynes
9. Brookhurstwood Landfill, Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex
10. Calvert Landfill, Brackley Lane, Calvert, Bucks
11. Colnbrook Landfill, Sutton Lane, Colnbrook, Berks
12. Dix Pit, Linch Hill, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
13. Elsenham Quarry, Hall Road, Elsenham, Herts
14. Ewelme 2, Icknield Way, Ewelme, Wallingford
15. Hermitage Farm, Oare, Berkshire
16. Hogs Back Sandpit, Guildford Road, Farnham, Surrey
17. Horton Landfill, Small Dole, Henfield, West Sussex
18. Land South of Frith, Wickham, Fareham, Hampshire
19. Mucking Landfill, Stanford le Hope, Essex
20. Norlands Lane, Thorpe, Egham, Surrey
21. North Herts Landfill, Ickleford, Hertfordshire
22. Ockendon Landfill, Medebridge Road, Grays, Essex
23. Pebsham Landfill, Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex
24. Pinden Quarry, Longfield, Kent
25. Redhill Landfill, Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey
26. Shakespeare Farm, St Mary Hoo, Rochester, Kent
27. Southleigh Landfill, Emsworth, Hampshire
28. Squabb Wood Landfill, Salisbury Road, Romsey, Hampshire
29. Standen Heath, Downend, Newport, Isle of Wight
30. Stewartby Landfill, Green Lane, Stewartby Bedfordshire
31. Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Oxon
32. The Hollow and Windmill Quarry, Washington, West Sussex
33. Tripcock Point, Thamesmead, London
34. Wapseys Wood, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks
35. Waterhall Quarry, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford
36. Whiteparish Quarry, Whiteparish, Hampshire
37. Whistely Court and Lea Farm, Woodley, Reading
38. Chatsworth/Blue Haze Sandpits, Somerley, Ringwood, Hants

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South West

1. Aust Landfill, Northwick, Bristol
2. Beacon Hill Quarry, Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, Dorset
3. Chapel Farm, Blunsdon, Swindon, Wiltshire
4. Chelson Meadow, plymstock, Plymouth, Devon
5. Combebow Landfill, Okehampton, Devon
6. Connon Bridge, Liskeard, Cornwall
7. Deep Moor Landfill, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon
8. Frampton Landfill, Whitminster, Gloucestershire
9. Heathfield Landfill, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon
10. Hempsted Landfill, Hempsted, Gloucestershire
11. Pondbottom Landfill, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire
12. Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire
13. Studley Grange Farm, Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire
14. United Mines, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall
15. Walpole Landfill, Bridgewater, Somerset
16. White’s Pit, Wimborne, Dorset
17. Southwood Landfill, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
18. Codrington Quarry, Codrington, Chipping Sodbury, Avon
19. Harnhill Quarry, Olveston, Avon
20. Dimmer Landfill, Castle Cary, Somerset

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Anglia

1. Folly Farm, Ipswich, Suffolk
2. Fornham St Genevieve Landfill, Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk
3. Foxhall Road, Brightwell, Ipswich, Suffolk
4. Great Blakenham Landfill, Great Blakenham, Suffolk
5. Lackford Landfill, Lackford, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk
6. Mardle Road, Wangford, Suffolk
7. Aldeby Landfill, Oaklands Gravel Pit, Aldeby, Norfolk
8. Attlebridge Landfill, Attlebridge, Norfolk
9. Barrington Cement, Barrington, Cambs
10. Blackborough End, King’s Lynn, Norfolk
11. Carbrooke PCC Pit, Carbrooke, Norfolk
12. Dogsthorpe Landfill, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough
13. Eye Landfill, Eye, Peterborough
14. Feltwell Landfill Feltwell, Norfolk
15. March Landfill, March, Cambs
16. Mayton Wood, Buxton, Norwich
17. Milton Landfill, Milton, Cambridge
18. William George Waste Disposal, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
19. Warboys Landfill, Warboys, Huntingdon, Cambs
20. Grunty Fen landfill, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire
21. Kennett Landfill, Kennett, Cambs

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