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Historic landfill sites in Bridgwater, Somerset

The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Bridgwater, Somerset. covering roughly 91 hectares in total. The largest is Saltlands Waste Disposal Site at 29.6 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Bridgwater (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Saltlands Waste Disposal Site29.6 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Cossington Refuse Tip7.57 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Bath Road6.34 ha1973IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Bristol Road6.1 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Somerset Bridge Refuse Tip4.69 ha1975IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Claylands Corner4.59 ha1979IndustrialCommercialInert
Old Brickworks Landfill3.72 ha—SpecialIndustrial
Putnell Land3.13 ha—Household
Field No 8191, Manor Farm3.04 ha—Inert
Land Off Saltlands Avenue2.79 ha1994SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Land at Saltlands2.58 ha—Inert
Haul Waste2.55 ha—IndustrialHouseholdInert
Marsh Mills Road1.89 ha1991IndustrialInert
The Leggar1.89 ha—Waste types not recorded
Domestic Waste Site1.5 ha—Household
British Cellophane Limited Puriton South1.16 ha—Waste types not recorded
East Bower1.01 ha1994Inert
Danesborough Reservoir0.81 ha1993IndustrialInert
Royal Ordinance Factory0.8 ha—Inert
Site Near M5 Westonzoyland Road0.78 ha1991Inert
Pit off The Drove0.72 ha1977Inert
Flooded Pits0.63 ha1978Inert
The Poplars0.56 ha1986IndustrialHouseholdInert
Land at Bristol Road0.49 ha1980IndustrialInert
Puriton Park0.45 ha1989IndustrialInert
Dunwear Landfill Site0.35 ha—Industrial
Huntworth Lane0.33 ha1986IndustrialInert
Disused Quarry East Of Puriton Park0.3 ha1989IndustrialHouseholdInert
Landshire Land0.27 ha1985IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Pond at Westonzoyland Road0.2 ha—Inert
Land at Fiddington No.10.18 ha1979IndustrialHouseholdInert
Combwich0.15 ha1989IndustrialInert
Screech Owl Nature Reserve0.15 ha—Waste types not recorded
Chilton Trinity former Clay Pits0.05 ha1986HouseholdInert
Squares Road0.03 ha—Waste types not recorded
Mill Farm0.01 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert

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 Bridgwater?
36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bridgwater 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 Bridgwater?
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.