Historic landfill sites in Aldridge
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Aldridge. covering roughly 144 hectares in total. The largest is Queslett Landfill Site at 46.94 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Aldridge (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queslett Landfill Site | 46.94 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Booths Farm Tip | 26.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mitco | 6.69 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeHouseholdInert |
| Gentleshaw's Sand Hole | 5.5 ha | 1980 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Utopia Quarry | 5.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Empire Brickworks | 4.63 ha | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Joberns Landfill Site | 4.59 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Coppice Lane | 4.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beacon Dairy Farm | 3.63 ha | 1985 | CommercialInert |
| Land at Rear of Barns Lane Farm | 3.58 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Butterley Hole | 3.55 ha | 1988 | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Skip Lane | 3.52 ha | 1983 | CommercialInert |
| Disused Lime Works | 3.43 ha | 1971 | Inert |
| Little Hardwick Road Landfill Site | 2.92 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Birch Lane Quarry | 2.79 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Linley Lime Works Landfill Site | 2.58 ha | — | Inert |
| Land at Rear of Barns Lane Farm Landfill Site | 2.36 ha | 1984 | CommercialInert |
| Hardy's Industrial Estate | 1.75 ha | — | SpecialIndustrial |
| Booths Lane Landfill Site | 1.46 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Empire Brickworks | 1.4 ha | 1988 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Forge Lane Opposite Sewage Works | 1.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Banpiece Swag | 1.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wrens Nest Farm | 1.04 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Booths Lane Landfill Site | 0.72 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Gentleshaw Sand Limited | 0.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Booths Lane Landfill Site | 0.62 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Blue House Farm | 0.62 ha | — | Inert |
| Hook Lane | 0.29 ha | 1989 | Industrial |
| Beddow's Mark Hole | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mitco Borehole | — | 1978 | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
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 Aldridge?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Aldridge 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 Aldridge?
- 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.