Historic landfill sites in Bilston
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Bilston. covering roughly 125 hectares in total. The largest is Bowmans Harbour at 46.65 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bilston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmans Harbour | 46.65 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bowmans Harbour | 13.33 ha | 1996 | IndustrialInert |
| Hall Green Street | 10.81 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Stowheath Lane Open Space | 7.25 ha | 1962 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Neachells Lane Open Space | 6.53 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Weddell Wynd | 6.09 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wolverhampton Metal Company | 5.63 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Moseley Road Tip | 5.43 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Brockhouse Castings Limited | 4.64 ha | 1979 | Industrial |
| Ductile Group Services Limited | 3.73 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Batmans Hill | 3.27 ha | 1976 | CommercialInert |
| Tip Adjacent to Bradley Canal | 2.69 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Land At Brook Terrace | 2.29 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| St.Leonards School | 1.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Taylor Road | 1.44 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Carder Crescent | 1.43 ha | 1983 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Neachells Lane No.2 | 0.53 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Deansfield School | 0.5 ha | 1965 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Monmore Green Stadium | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wolverhampton Metal Limited Tip | 0.4 ha | — | Industrial |
| Broadmoor Road | 0.39 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Withy Road | 0.19 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 Bilston?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bilston 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 Bilston?
- 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.