Historic landfill sites in Atherstone, Warwickshire
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around Atherstone, Warwickshire. covering roughly 37 hectares in total. The largest is Globe Works at 10.19 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Atherstone (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Globe Works | 10.19 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Disused Pit | 4.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stoneleigh Quarry Farm | 3.58 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Stoneleigh Quarry | 2.82 ha | — | Commercial |
| Moor Wood | 2.35 ha | 1979 | Industrial |
| Railway Cutting | 2.13 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Clockhill Landfill Site | 1.47 ha | 1980 | HouseholdInert |
| Grange Road Landfill Site | 1.41 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Moor Wood | 1.04 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Long Street Landfill | 1.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodlands Quarry | 0.85 ha | — | Industrial |
| Castle Road Landfill Site | 0.84 ha | 1949 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ridge Lane | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Orton Farm Quarry | 0.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Worthington Farm | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Outwoods Golf Club | 0.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shortwoods Landfill Site | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Springfields Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Purley Chase Golf Club | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sheepy Magna Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newhall Farm Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Baddesley Common | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hilltop Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Warton Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Little Twycross Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nob Hill Landfill Site | 0.2 ha | — | 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 Atherstone?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Atherstone 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 Atherstone?
- 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.