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Historic landfill sites in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

The Environment Agency records 63 historic landfill sites in and around Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. covering roughly 429 hectares in total. The largest is Church Broughton Airfield at 105.78 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Burton upon Trent (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Church Broughton Airfield105.78 ha1988IndustrialInert
Disused Gravel Workings51.97 ha1968IndustrialInert
Branston Ash Lagoon No.427.82 ha1997IndustrialInert
National Power PLC Waste Disposal Site25.3 ha1993IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Land Off A3817.19 ha1992IndustrialInert
Land Off Carriers Road15.21 ha1990IndustrialInert
Highbridge15.16 ha1983Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Branston Ash Lagoon No.213.83 ha1989IndustrialInert
Hoon Hay Landfill Site13.42 ha1981IndustrialInert
East Of Breech Lane13.05 ha1994IndustrialInert
Newbold Farm12.17 ha1988IndustrialInert
CEGB Waste Disposal Site10.57 ha1978Industrial
Etwall Sand and Gravel Quarry9.18 ha1992Inert
Sports Ground7.16 ha—Industrial
Sandiford Dingle6.71 ha—Industrial
Hoon Ridge Landfill Site6.17 ha1994Inert
Gravel Pit5.84 ha—Liquid / sludge
Repton Road5.77 ha1989Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Model Dairy Farm5.2 ha1983Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Shobnall Tip4.84 ha1984IndustrialInert
Marley Tile4.42 ha1997Industrial
Postern House Farm Landfill Site3.77 ha1974Household
Stretton No.13.74 ha1978IndustrialInert
Stretton No.4A3.63 ha1984IndustrialInert
Marsh Cottage Farm3.36 ha1992Inert
Sina Park Farm3.33 ha1982Inert
Landfill Site Adjoining Derby Road and Meadow Lane3.24 ha1972Industrial
Sutton Lane Landfill Site2.98 ha1990Inert
Stretton Gravel Pit2.72 ha1970Waste types not recorded
Fox Covert2.35 ha1990IndustrialInert
Anslow Brickworks2.26 ha1963Household
Queens Pursewood1.94 ha—HouseholdCommercial
Main Street1.51 ha1980IndustrialInert
Belmont Common1.36 ha—Waste types not recorded
The Common1.3 ha—Waste types not recorded
Shobnall Dingle1.3 ha—Industrial
Junction Of Bar Lane And Dogshead Lane1.18 ha1980IndustrialInert
Efflinch Lane1.15 ha1972Household
Model Dairy Farm1.1 ha1984Inert
Cliff House Farm0.94 ha1989IndustrialInert
Elm Tree Farm Landfill Site0.73 ha1994IndustrialInert
Rolleston Park Farm0.72 ha1970Household
Hollyhock Way0.72 ha—Waste types not recorded
Barr Lane0.69 ha1967Waste types not recorded
Stretton Gravel Pit0.59 ha1993IndustrialInert
Hanbury Area Site D0.55 ha1970Industrial
Pool Green Farm Landfill Site0.42 ha1967Waste types not recorded
Cockpitt Tip0.42 ha—IndustrialHousehold
Barr Lane0.41 ha1973Waste types not recorded
Hanbury Park Farm0.4 ha1969Industrial
Graythorne Road Landfill Site0.39 ha1968Industrial
Top Farm0.38 ha—Waste types not recorded
Tatenhill Landfill Site0.36 ha1968Household
Shobnall Dingle0.3 ha1969IndustrialCommercialInert
The Dingle0.29 ha1984Inert
Black Brook Hill0.29 ha—Waste types not recorded
Beamhill Road Landfill Site0.27 ha—Household
Barton Gate Landfill Site0.26 ha1967Industrial
Upper Outwoods Farm0.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Denton Road Development Outwoods0.18 ha—Industrial
Short Lane0.16 ha—Waste types not recorded
Refuse Tip Near Silverhill Cottage0.12 ha1960Household
Trent Valley Glassworks0.1 ha1984SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert

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 Burton upon Trent?
63 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Burton upon Trent 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 Burton upon Trent?
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.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.