Historic landfill sites in Brownhills
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Brownhills. covering roughly 197 hectares in total. The largest is Clayhanger Landfill Site at 32.16 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Brownhills (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayhanger Landfill Site | 32.16 ha | 1986 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Landfill Between Brownhills Road And Walsall Road | 26.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shire Oak Sand and Gravel Pit | 24.48 ha | — | Inert |
| Old Landfill Site | 13.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chasewater Pleasure Park | 10.63 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Landfill Site Off Grove Lane | 10.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Canal Cutting | 9.45 ha | 1970 | Household |
| Birch Coppice Mineral Extraction Site | 8.68 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Adjacent To Chasewater | 8.4 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Wharf Lane Sand Quarry/The Triangle | 7.14 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Church Street | 5.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hednesford Road Landfill Site | 3.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway Sidings Opposite Sewage Works | 3.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former Works | 3.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| High Street | 2.96 ha | — | Household |
| Sports Ground Opposite Moss Farm | 2.95 ha | 1975 | Waste types not recorded |
| Wharf Lane Sand Pits | 2.57 ha | 1956 | Household |
| Old Walsall Wood Railway | 2.55 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Landfill Site Off Walsall Road | 2.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway Cutting | 2.23 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Wharf Lane Landfill Site | 2.07 ha | 1972 | IndustrialInert |
| Landfill Site East Of Wyrley Common | 2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Landfill Site Opposite Moss Farm | 1.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Landfill Site Off Stagg Crescent | 1.65 ha | — | Household |
| Norton Aluminium Products Limited | 1.62 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Top of Hill Street Landfill Site | 1.61 ha | 1962 | Household |
| Landfill Site Off Hednesford Road | 1.47 ha | — | Household |
| Brownhills Road | 0.37 ha | — | Household |
| Effluent Disposal Limited | 0.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
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 Brownhills?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Brownhills 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 Brownhills?
- 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.