Historic landfill sites in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. covering roughly 57 hectares in total. The largest is Turbary Common at 23.85 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bournemouth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbary Common | 23.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kings Park Football Ground | 18.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Meyrick Park Recreation Ground | 3.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandpit at Meyrick Park Golf Course | 3.5 ha | — | Inert |
| Hicks Farm | 1.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Winton Junior Schools Playing Fields | 1.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Noble Close | 1.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bradpole Road Recreation | 1.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Littledown Park, North of Harewood Avenue | 0.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Throop Mill Car Park | 0.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Riverside Area | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Littledown Drive (Old Gravel Pits) | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandpit At Meyrick Park Golf Course | 0.05 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
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 Bournemouth?
- 13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth?
- 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.