Historic landfill sites in Boston, Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Boston, Lincolnshire. covering roughly 134 hectares in total. The largest is Boston Landfill Site at 47.55 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Boston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Landfill Site | 47.55 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Boston Landfill Site | 47.54 ha | — | Special |
| Old Golf Course | 10.77 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Moulton Marsh Landfill Site | 6.65 ha | 1992 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bath Garden Area | 3.77 ha | — | Inert |
| Hall Lane | 2.47 ha | — | Household |
| Holbeach Marsh WDS | 2.46 ha | 1980 | HouseholdInert |
| Main Drain | 2.11 ha | — | Household |
| Middle Marsh Road | 2 ha | — | Household |
| Burgess Pit | 1.67 ha | — | Household |
| Middle Marsh Road | 1.6 ha | — | Household |
| Former Salvage Depot | 1.07 ha | — | Inert |
| North of Moulton Sluice | 0.9 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Richmond House and former Council Depot | 0.89 ha | — | Household |
| Railway Pit | 0.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| 35 Langrick Road | 0.7 ha | — | Inert |
| Brickyard Stickney or Brick Pits | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sykemouth Drove | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Lincolnshire Pet Crematorium | 0.2 ha | — | Special |
| Rear of 26-38 Hessle Avenue | 0.14 ha | — | Inert |
| 5/6 Church Lane | 0.05 ha | — | Household |
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 Boston?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Boston 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 Boston?
- 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.