Historic landfill sites in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 74 hectares in total. The largest is Wood Farm, Stanmore at 12.91 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Borehamwood (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Farm, Stanmore | 12.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hendon Way | 7.9 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludge |
| Claremont Way | 6.55 ha | 1980 | HouseholdInert |
| West Hendon Playing Fields | 5.62 ha | 1975 | Waste types not recorded |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | 5.28 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| The Marians | 4.08 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Land Cool Oak Lane | 3.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Twyford Service Station | 3.57 ha | 1968 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Stratchwood | 3.12 ha | 1957 | Waste types not recorded |
| K Garage | 2.95 ha | 1965 | Waste types not recorded |
| Grahame Park Way - Great Strand | 2.9 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Brockley Hill Farm, Stanmore | 2.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Marians No.1 | 2.3 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| Regents Shooring Ground | 2.02 ha | — | Inert |
| Grahame Park Way - Corner Way | 1.85 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Elstree Way | 1.49 ha | 1955 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Lanacre Avenue - Quakers Course | 1.42 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Bowmans Green Farm Phase 3/4 | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crossways Site | 0.69 ha | — | Inert |
| Field No 122 | 0.68 ha | 1956 | Inert |
| Pattersons Pit | 0.58 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Bowmans Green Farm | 0.57 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Old Chalk Pit | 0.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Edwarebury House Farm | 0.2 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 Borehamwood?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood?
- 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.