Historic landfill sites in Caterham, Surrey
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around Caterham, Surrey. covering roughly 193 hectares in total. The largest is Tillingdown Farm at 101.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Caterham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillingdown Farm | 101.36 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Bletchingley Sandpit | 17.8 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Godstone Wast and West Reservoirs | 14.22 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Pendell Sandpit | 12.08 ha | 1979 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Lodge Lane | 11.92 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Godstone Reservoirs | 5.99 ha | — | Inert |
| Taylors Hill Sandpit | 5.62 ha | 1985 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lambs Brickworks | 4.69 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Milcell Quarry | 4.21 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Taylors Hill Sandpit | 3.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Tip Site At Ivy Mill Lane | 3.24 ha | 1965 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North Park Farm | 3.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Lambs Brickworks | 2.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Quarry Farm | 1.21 ha | 1989 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeInert |
| Heath View | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fortunon Farm | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Godstone Hill | 0.3 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Hilltop | 0.26 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Fortunon Farm | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ditches Lane | 0.11 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Foxley Wood | 0.09 ha | 1975 | 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 Caterham?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Caterham 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 Caterham?
- 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.