Historic landfill sites in Alton, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 8 historic landfill sites in and around Alton, Hampshire. covering roughly 9 hectares in total. The largest is Manor Farm at 3.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to household waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Alton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm | 3.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Tisted Tip | 2.48 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land at Home Farm | 2.48 ha | 1992 | HouseholdInert |
| Land at Woodside Farm | 0.39 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Land at Southwood Farm | 0.21 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Maplecombe Farm | 0.08 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| 16 Wickham close | 0.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Manor Farm | 0.04 ha | 1991 | 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 Alton?
- 8 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Alton 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 Alton?
- 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.