Historic landfill sites in Bedford, Bedford
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Bedford, Bedford. covering roughly 194 hectares in total. The largest is South Of New Cut at 69.01 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bedford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Of New Cut | 69.01 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grange Farm | 28.59 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Eastcotts | 16.28 ha | 1967 | Waste types not recorded |
| Octagon Farm | 14.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Octagon Farm | 14.48 ha | 1961 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Dog Farm | 9.51 ha | 1964 | Industrial |
| Octagon Farm | 9.24 ha | 1963 | Household |
| Whites | 7.18 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grange Estate | 6.66 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Willington | 3.98 ha | 1964 | Industrial |
| Clapham | 2.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Farm Road | 2.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bedforshire County Council Domestic | 2.29 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bromham | 1.75 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHousehold |
| Dog Farm | 1.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Farm | 1.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| A6 Sharnbrook | 1.13 ha | 1964 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Playing Fields Land Adjacent to Village Hall | 0.52 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hill Farm | 0.2 ha | 1968 | IndustrialInert |
| Willow Farm | 0.2 ha | 1995 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Goldington Power Station | 0.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Goldington Power Station | 0.07 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
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 Bedford?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bedford 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 Bedford?
- 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.