Historic landfill sites in Andover, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Andover, Hampshire. covering roughly 73 hectares in total. The largest is Cutty Brown Pit at 22.6 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Andover (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutty Brown Pit | 22.6 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Juniper Down | 17.66 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Land Adj to Charlton Sports Centre | 6.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Foxcotte Lane Site A | 4.27 ha | — | Industrial |
| West Down | 3.48 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Foxcotte Lane Site B | 3.08 ha | — | Industrial |
| Barlows Lane | 2.54 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Pits | 2.53 ha | — | Commercial |
| Old Winton Road | 2.51 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Ladies House Copse | 1.16 ha | — | Household |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.92 ha | — | Inert |
| Land Adjacent to Penton Wood | 0.85 ha | — | Inert |
| Land West Of Balksbury Road | 0.84 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Charlton Down A | 0.81 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Goddards Farm A | 0.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Goddards Farm C | 0.5 ha | — | Inert |
| Shepherds Spring Lane | 0.44 ha | — | Household |
| Goddards Farm B | 0.33 ha | — | Inert |
| Rear of The Limes | 0.32 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| East Of Marsh Court Road | 0.28 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Field Adjacent to Romsey Road | 0.27 ha | — | Inert |
| Hatherden Farm | 0.18 ha | — | Industrial |
| Chute Forest B | 0.16 ha | 1978 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Charlton Down B | 0.15 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land at Railway Cutting | 0.12 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Pit Adjacent to A343 | 0.09 ha | — | Inert |
| Chute Forest A | 0.06 ha | 1978 | Industrial |
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 Andover?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Andover 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 Andover?
- 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.