Historic landfill sites in Burntwood, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Burntwood, Staffordshire. covering roughly 36 hectares in total. The largest is Northside of Sevens Road at 6.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Burntwood (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside of Sevens Road | 6.36 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Jubilee Park | 5.3 ha | — | Industrial |
| 3 Sites off Cannock Wood Road - New Hayes Road Landfill | 4.19 ha | 1957 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Landfill Site Off Cumberledge Hill | 3.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rugeley Road Landfill Site | 2.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chorley Road | 2.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Infilling Of Canal, Canal Barracks Lane | 1.71 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Hanney Hay Road | 1.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hill Street Landfill Site | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Playing Fields | 1.41 ha | 1962 | Household |
| Ironstone Road Landfill Site | 1.24 ha | 1962 | Household |
| Ironstone Road | 1.1 ha | 1962 | Household |
| Former Mineral Railway | 0.98 ha | 1968 | Industrial |
| Landfill Site Rear Of Collis Drive/Collis DIY | 0.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cannock Wood | 0.61 ha | 1952 | Household |
| Near to New Inn, New Hayes Road Landfill Site | 0.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Yew Tree Farm Landfill Site | 0.48 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Bullmore Lane | 0.31 ha | 1984 | 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 Burntwood?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Burntwood 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 Burntwood?
- 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.