Historic landfill sites in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
The Environment Agency records 12 historic landfill sites in and around Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. covering roughly 55 hectares in total. The largest is Adams Bros Field at Orchards Farm at 19.58 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bradford-on-Avon (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Bros Field at Orchards Farm | 19.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Adams Bros Field at Orchard Farm | 16.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land on South Side of River Avon | 6.25 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Norbin Barton Farm | 3.46 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Box Road | 3.23 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Great Ashley Farm | 2.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Farleigh Road | 1.24 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Turrleigh Mill | 0.65 ha | — | Inert |
| Land adjoining Drop Anchor Garage | 0.46 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tip (Agaric) by road from Upper to Lower Westwood | 0.43 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Docks Clay Pit | 0.2 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Stone Quarry | 0.19 ha | 1991 | 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 Bradford-on-Avon?
- 12 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bradford-on-Avon 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 Bradford-on-Avon?
- 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.