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Historic landfill sites in Ashford, Surrey

The Environment Agency records 52 historic landfill sites in and around Ashford, Surrey. covering roughly 646 hectares in total. The largest is Stockley Park East at 54.45 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Ashford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Stockley Park East54.45 ha1992SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Stockley Park West39.01 ha1993SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Bedfont Lakes South38.56 ha1971Inert
Heathrow Runway36.68 ha—Waste types not recorded
Reservoir Aggregates33.69 ha—Industrial
West of Clockhouse Lane32.51 ha1971HouseholdCommercialInert
Bedfont Lakes North East31.72 ha1981Inert
Holloway Lane Quarry26.96 ha1994IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
St. Davids (Welsh Girls) School Tip22.17 ha1971Waste types not recorded
Imperial College21.66 ha—Waste types not recorded
Bedfont Lakes North West21.24 ha1992Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert
Charlton Lane West18.23 ha—IndustrialCommercial
Holiday Inn Golf Club17.59 ha1967IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
South of Cranford Lane17.59 ha1989Inert
Stockley Road East16.22 ha1985HouseholdCommercial
Northern Perimeter Road15.6 ha1945Inert
Grovestyle Way - Monarchs Close15.19 ha1955Waste types not recorded
Holloway Lane North13.94 ha1970HouseholdCommercial
Bedfont Pit12.52 ha1992Inert
Stockley Trident11.82 ha1993Inert
Thorney Mill Site11.39 ha1984Inert
S W Of Queen Mary Reservoir Landfill, Laleham Tw1810.59 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Land Parcels 2,3,4,5,99.71 ha—IndustrialInert
Bedfont Urban Farm8.89 ha1985HouseholdCommercialInert
Frogsditch Farm8.38 ha1989Inert
Hatton Cross7.69 ha1966Waste types not recorded
Wise Lane Farm7.65 ha1974IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Mentone Farm7.37 ha—Waste types not recorded
South Of Sipson Lane I I7.09 ha—Waste types not recorded
S Of Queen Mary Reservoir Landfill, Laleham6.78 ha—Waste types not recorded
British Airways Catering5.73 ha—Waste types not recorded
West of Stockley Road5.38 ha1965IndustrialHousehold
British Waterways Site5.13 ha1996Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Clockhouse Lane4.86 ha—Waste types not recorded
Heathrow Oil Terminal4.81 ha1961Household
Botwell Common Road4.02 ha1964HouseholdCommercial
Saint Peters Way3.97 ha1989Waste types not recorded
North of Laurel Lane3.89 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Mentone Farm3.8 ha1961Household
Harlington Road3.03 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Crane Meadow2.85 ha1989Inert
Stanwell Road2.62 ha1946Waste types not recorded
Area to north of Stockley Park2.49 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Frogsditch Farm2.39 ha1989Inert
Land Parcels 2,3,4,5,92.27 ha—IndustrialInert
Perry Oaks Sewage Works1.87 ha—Waste types not recorded
Nutty Lane1.27 ha1983Inert
Fairholme School0.96 ha1951Waste types not recorded
Land Rear of Airport Bowl0.38 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ex Urban Farm0.36 ha1947Household
Bedfont Close0.27 ha1945Waste types not recorded
North East Link Spur Road0.23 ha1994IndustrialInert

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?
52 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.