Historic landfill sites in Bushey, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Bushey, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 145 hectares in total. The largest is Grove Farm at 29.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Bushey (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Farm | 29.83 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| West London Shooting Ground | 11.2 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Marnham Crescent | 10.25 ha | 1935 | IndustrialInert |
| Down Barnes Estate | 10.06 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Little Bushey Lane | 8.37 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Ealing North Sports Centre | 7.86 ha | 1930 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Lime Trees Park Golf Course | 7.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of Bridge Avenue | 6.92 ha | — | Inert |
| West London Shooting Ground | 6.85 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Patchetts Green | 6.29 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| Hartspring Sports Centre | 4.67 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Field End Road | 4.42 ha | 1950 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Former Fox's Reservoir | 4.4 ha | 1980 | HouseholdInert |
| South of Greenford Depot | 3.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hartspring Lane | 3.81 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Bushey Grange Farm | 3.2 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Auburn Mere | 2.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chapmans Yard | 2.03 ha | 1956 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Caldecote Farm | 1.79 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Pollards Yard | 1.57 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| North Western Avenue | 1.57 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Willow Tree Lane | 1.13 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Oxhey Lane | 1.11 ha | 1957 | Inert |
| Hartsbourne Road | 1.03 ha | 1948 | Inert |
| Hartspring Cottage | 1 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Lower Paddock Road Recreation Ground | 0.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brent Containers | 0.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sparrows Herne Hall | 0.12 ha | — | 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 Bushey?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Bushey 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 Bushey?
- 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.