Historic landfill sites in Banbury, Oxfordshire
The Environment Agency records 35 historic landfill sites in and around Banbury, Oxfordshire. covering roughly 118 hectares in total. The largest is Alkerton Phase 2 and 3 at 13.61 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Banbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkerton Phase 2 and 3 | 13.61 ha | 1995 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Station Road | 11.39 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Sydenham Farm | 9.14 ha | — | Inert |
| Bloxham Grove | 9.13 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sydenham Farm | 9.02 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Waterbridge Farm | 6.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Warkworth Road | 5.85 ha | — | Inert |
| Alkerton Phase 2 and 3 | 5.42 ha | 1995 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wroxton Ironstone Quarry | 4.78 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Franklow Knob | 4.16 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Disused Railway cutting | 3.85 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Quarry | 3.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Banbury Lane | 3.73 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Spiceball Park | 3.33 ha | 1958 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Spital Farm | 3.03 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Bbont Railway Cutting | 2.86 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land West Of Sewage Works | 2.76 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Bloxham Railway Cutting | 2.52 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Burgess Farm | 1.97 ha | 1996 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Drayton Railway Cutting | 1.49 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Wigginton Heath | 1.33 ha | — | Inert |
| Claydon Road | 1.31 ha | — | Inert |
| Astrop Road | 1.1 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdInert |
| Tadmarton Barn | 0.84 ha | — | Inert |
| Tramway Road | 0.76 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| The Refuse Tip | 0.71 ha | — | Inert |
| Broughton Road | 0.65 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| East Adderbury Railway Cutting | 0.6 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Old Quarry | 0.56 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Land off Shutford Road | 0.45 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry Farm No.2 | 0.3 ha | — | Inert |
| Stone Quarry | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thorpe Mandeville Railway Cutting | 0.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Quarry Farm No.1 | 0.15 ha | — | Inert |
| Quarry Farm No.3 | 0.1 ha | — | Inert |
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 Banbury?
- 35 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Banbury 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 Banbury?
- 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.