Historic landfill sites in Aldershot, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 35 historic landfill sites in and around Aldershot, Hampshire. covering roughly 149 hectares in total. The largest is Youngs Farm at 19.14 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Aldershot (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngs Farm | 19.14 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Lakeside Road | 14.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tongham Nurseries | 13.84 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Land adjacent to Aldershot Stubbs | 13 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Deadbrook Lane | 12.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hogs Back/Ebenezer Mears | 10.02 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Homefield Sandpit. (J. H. Bentley) | 7.24 ha | — | Inert |
| Ordnance Road - North Lane | 6.18 ha | — | Household |
| Hollybush Lane | 5.28 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Seale Lane Sandpit | 4.75 ha | 1983 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hill and Lake Site Camp | 4.57 ha | — | Household |
| The Gold | 4.17 ha | — | Household |
| Claycart Carpark | 3.29 ha | — | Household |
| Land adjacent to Sunny Hill Road | 3.26 ha | — | Household |
| Land at Lake Gold | 2.93 ha | — | Inert |
| Bush Lane | 2.71 ha | — | Inert |
| Springlakes Trading Estate | 2.18 ha | — | Household |
| Sandy Cross | 1.99 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land adjacent to Lee Road | 1.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tip Woodside Farm | 1.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shalden Road | 1.7 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ash Road Industrial Estate | 1.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Recreation Ground | 1.41 ha | — | Household |
| Bus Depot | 1.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Charles Church Development | 1.26 ha | — | Commercial |
| Off Boxalls Lane | 1.05 ha | — | Household |
| Gasworks Bridge | 0.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Wyke Farm | 0.91 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Mere Farm Caravan Site | 0.9 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Car Park off Bourley Road | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| United Carriers Site | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land adjacent to The Gables | 0.51 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land adjacent to Badshot Farm | 0.24 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Rear of BAEE | 0.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Longfield Road | 0.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Aldershot?
- 35 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Aldershot 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 Aldershot?
- 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.