Historic landfill sites in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. covering roughly 274 hectares in total. The largest is Radley Ash Disposal Site EPR/DP3832SB at 41.7 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Abingdon-on-Thames (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radley Ash Disposal Site EPR/DP3832SB | 41.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hobbyhorse Lane North | 34.12 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Drayton Golf Course | 32.51 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barton Lane | 20.74 ha | 1971 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Amey's Gravel Pits | 19.25 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Southern Town Park | 17.92 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bullfield | 14.15 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Radley PFA Lagoons | 11.32 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sutton Wick No.1 | 9.97 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Folly Quarry | 9.15 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Appleford Road South | 8.25 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Tubney Wood Landfill | 6.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Frilford Heath | 6.1 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Abbey Meadow | 5.76 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Appleford Road North | 4.47 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| J. Curtis and Son Limited | 4.41 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Tuckwells | 4.06 ha | 1984 | HouseholdInert |
| Blackhorse Lane | 3.3 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| South Of A34 at Drayton | 3.14 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Warnborough College | 2.8 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Whites Lane | 2.25 ha | — | Inert |
| Pavlova Leather | 2.19 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludge |
| Manor Farm | 2 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Boxhill Road | 1.98 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| All Saints Lane | 1.98 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Thrupp Pits | 1.96 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Northmoor Lock | 1.08 ha | 1985 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Faringdon Road | 0.27 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| River Thames At Culham | 0.26 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Lower Radley Railway Bridge | 0.18 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Folly Quarry | 0.07 ha | — | Commercial |
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.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Abingdon-on-Thames?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Abingdon-on-Thames town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Abingdon-on-Thames?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.