Buy quarries and former workings in England and Wales
The register’s quarries, pits and former workings held by companies. The smallest class and the most technical: what was taken out of the ground, and what must be put back, matters more than the acreage.
Corporate-owned titles the register itself describes as quarries and workings, counted 1 September 2026. Nothing here is for sale and no owner has asked to be listed.
What the register tells you
Each title carries its HM Land Registry title number, the registered owner and the owner's Companies House record, which Land44 checks live when you open a report: current status, registered office, filings from the last six months, directors on record. Where the owner is dissolved or in an insolvency process, that is stated with what the law does next, never a guess at what anyone wants.
Questions your advisers will ask
- Mineral rights, which are often severed from the surface title
- Restoration and aftercare conditions on the planning permission
- Reviews of old mineral permissions still attached to the site
- Contamination, stability and water on worked ground
None of these are on the face of a search result, some are not on the register at all, and all of them belong to your own diligence with a solicitor and surveyor.
How to search
Search free: pick a district, set Land type to quarries and workings, and see what exists before spending anything. A full report on one site is £9, five are £29, and daily access is £149 per month, VAT inclusive. Reports may not be used for direct marketing, including unsolicited offers to purchase land: an HM Land Registry licence condition and a condition of our terms.