Landfill Check

Historic landfill sites in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

The Environment Agency records 49 historic landfill sites in and around Bath, Bath and North East Somerset. covering roughly 110 hectares in total. The largest is Lower Barrack Farm at 12.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Lower Barrack Farm12.83 ha1989Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Fullers Earth Tip9.23 ha1988IndustrialInert
South Stoke Tipping Site8.55 ha1984HouseholdInert
Bloomfield Road Tip6.36 ha1972Household
Land at Roman Lodge Farm4.85 ha1986IndustrialInert
Victoria Brick and Tile Works4.43 ha1955Household
Pennyquick Botttom4.42 ha—Commercial
Land adjoining Shaft Road4.05 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Brassmill Lane3.77 ha1950IndustrialInert
Rush Hill3.37 ha—Waste types not recorded
South Stoke Phase 2 Tip3.18 ha—HouseholdCommercialInert
Railway Cutting2.43 ha—Waste types not recorded
Disused Railway Cutting (off Bath Road)2.4 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hill Farm Landfill Site2.38 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Honey's Farm2.37 ha—Waste types not recorded
North side of Upper Bristol Road2.28 ha—Waste types not recorded
Clays End Farm2.25 ha1979IndustrialInert
Brassmill Lane1.91 ha—Waste types not recorded
Former Railway Cutting, Woodland Farm1.89 ha1983Inert
Roundhill Farm1.83 ha1986Inert
The Old Quarry, Rear of Combe Road1.83 ha1982IndustrialInert
Brassmill Lane1.58 ha—IndustrialHousehold
Land at Primrose Hill Farm1.52 ha1984IndustrialInert
Combe Hay Lane1.52 ha—Waste types not recorded
Land at Newton Mill Farm1.51 ha1986IndustrialInert
Claverton Wood1.41 ha—Inert
Kensington Meadows1.29 ha1948Waste types not recorded
Green Park1.24 ha—Liquid / sludgeInert
Kensington Meadows1.24 ha—Waste types not recorded
Kensington Tip1.22 ha1955Waste types not recorded
Bath Football Club1.22 ha1990Inert
Bathford Paper Mills1.2 ha—Liquid / sludge
Bannerdown Tip0.98 ha1991IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Old Disused Railway Cutting0.88 ha1984Inert
Old Railway Cutting At Woodland Farm0.85 ha1983Inert
Norfolk Crescent0.82 ha—Waste types not recorded
North side of River Avon0.79 ha—Waste types not recorded
Brassmill Lane0.66 ha—Waste types not recorded
Old Quarry adjoining Shaft Road0.62 ha1990Inert
Old Quarry at Fosse Farm0.49 ha—Inert
Land at Bannerdown View Farm0.46 ha1987IndustrialInert
Bassett Farm0.46 ha1983IndustrialInert
Land at The Recreation Grounds, Batheaston0.4 ha1988IndustrialInert
South West Electricity Board Tip0.29 ha1984Inert
Brassmill Lane0.27 ha—Waste types not recorded
Old Quarry Adjoining Dunnington at Hinton0.25 ha1990IndustrialInert
Old Quarry0.18 ha—Inert
Old Quarry0.13 ha1978Inert
Brassmill Lane0.1 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 Bath?
49 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bath 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 Bath?
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.