Historic landfill sites in Ashford, Kent
The Environment Agency records 37 historic landfill sites in and around Ashford, Kent. covering roughly 68 hectares in total. The largest is Clap Hill at 8.84 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ashford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clap Hill | 8.84 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Conningbrook Quarry | 7.75 ha | — | Inert |
| Mersham Quarry | 7.24 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cant Road | 4.93 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Aldington Quarry | 4.43 ha | 1974 | HouseholdInert |
| Chilmington | 4.27 ha | 1989 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Naccolt Brickworks | 2.54 ha | 1979 | HouseholdInert |
| Ninn Lane | 2.49 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Little Chart Quarry | 2.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Court Wurtin | 2.18 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Goatley Mere | 2.05 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Chilmington Qarry | 1.76 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Orchard Lane | 1.62 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Shaw Grange | 1.54 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Chilmington Caravan Park | 1.39 ha | 1973 | CommercialInert |
| White Hill No.1 | 1.29 ha | 1973 | HouseholdInert |
| Halstow Way | 1.28 ha | 1962 | HouseholdInert |
| Aldington Earlsfield | 1.14 ha | — | Inert |
| Hart Hill | 1.08 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Chilmington Yard | 1.06 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Park PLC | 0.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Naccolt Brickworks | 0.86 ha | 1979 | HouseholdInert |
| Hunter Close | 0.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Charing Sandpit | 0.54 ha | 1974 | CommercialInert |
| Chilmington Yard | 0.53 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wye Depot | 0.51 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Fairview Farm | 0.48 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Sherwood Close | 0.44 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Hook Paddocks | 0.38 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| White Hill No.2 | 0.34 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Ashford Brickworks | 0.33 ha | — | Industrial |
| Hart Hill | 0.28 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Howarth Mill Lane | 0.22 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Court Lodge Farm | 0.2 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Warwick Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tower Farm | 0.19 ha | — | Inert |
| Hart Hill | 0.07 ha | — | CommercialInert |
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 Ashford?
- 37 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ashford 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 Ashford?
- 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.