Historic landfill sites in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. covering roughly 232 hectares in total. The largest is Ropers Farm at 58.15 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Burnham-on-Crouch (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ropers Farm | 58.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Common Road | 26.4 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Barling Hall | 26.36 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Barling Hall Farm | 24.75 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Ferry Road | 20.3 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Barling Hall | 13.98 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Barling Hall | 12.83 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Ropers Farm | 11.4 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Churchfields | 9.21 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Creeksea Road | 7.44 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Loftmans Farm | 6.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North East Corner Of Wallasea Island | 6.05 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Playing Fields | 2.1 ha | 1972 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Arcadia Road | 2.02 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Little Wakering | 1.81 ha | 1955 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Sea Wall | 1.34 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| East Of Playing Fields | 0.75 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Churchfields | 0.53 ha | 1993 | Inert |
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 Burnham-on-Crouch?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Burnham-on-Crouch 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 Burnham-on-Crouch?
- 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.