Historic landfill sites in Bloxwich
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Bloxwich. covering roughly 150 hectares in total. The largest is Wood Lane at 19.74 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bloxwich (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Lane | 19.74 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Slacky Lane Landfill Site | 15.38 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Bentley Lane | 14.12 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Mossley Landfill Site | 13.67 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Beatwaste Landfill Site | 11.23 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Pouk Hill Quarry Landfill Site | 9.3 ha | 1977 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bentley Lane | 8.28 ha | 1981 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Rosemary Tileries Phase Three | 6.47 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Bentley Hall Brickworks | 6.39 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercial |
| 38 Bentley Lane | 6.06 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wyrley No.3/Colliery Mound | 5.55 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Landfill Site At Essington | 4.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rosemary Quarry | 3.97 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Bursnips Road Tip | 3.12 ha | — | Commercial |
| Old Landywood Lane | 3.11 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Old Landywood Lane | 2.57 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Bursnips Road Landfill Site | 2.56 ha | — | Household |
| Goscote Lane - Allens Lane | 2.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Landfill Site Near Gains Plantation | 1.96 ha | 1973 | Household |
| Fishley Lane Landfill Site | 1.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leamore Lane | 1.87 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Landfill Site North Of Goscote Road | 1.57 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Old Hall Estate Landfill Site | 1.3 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Goscote Lane / Slacky Lane | 0.86 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Deeleys (Casting) Limited Landfill Site | 0.71 ha | 1986 | Industrial |
| Willenhall Lane Landfill Site | 0.71 ha | — | Industrial |
| Bentley Lane Landfill Site | 0.41 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Hobnock Road | 0.23 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
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 Bloxwich?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bloxwich 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 Bloxwich?
- 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.