Historic landfill sites in Cheadle, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 52 historic landfill sites in and around Cheadle, Staffordshire. covering roughly 68 hectares in total. The largest is Roughcote Quarry at 8.99 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cheadle (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roughcote Quarry | 8.99 ha | — | Inert |
| Callow Hill Farm | 7.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Checkley Water Reclamation Works | 5.54 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ribden Clay Pit | 3.89 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Windy Harbour | 3.75 ha | — | Commercial |
| Totmonslow Tip | 3.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Blythe Colours Limited | 2.93 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Rough Quarry | 2.6 ha | 1978 | IndustrialInert |
| Cauldon Cement Works | 2.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bank Top Farm | 1.98 ha | 1995 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Croxden Gravel Limited | 1.86 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Jacksons Landfill | 1.76 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Blithe Valley Water Pollution Control Works | 1.75 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Cauldon Low Quarry | 1.6 ha | 1959 | IndustrialInert |
| Quarry Bank | 1.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Allen Street Depot | 1.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Callow Hill Tip | 1.13 ha | 1971 | Commercial |
| Lymers Lane | 0.86 ha | — | Inert |
| Thomas Bolton Site, Land At Froghall | 0.86 ha | 1993 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Hollington Landfill Site/Land At Hollington | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Paddock | 0.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moorhouse Farm | 0.73 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Freehay Gravel Pits | 0.7 ha | 1959 | Household |
| Cheadle Road | 0.67 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| North of Rue Hill | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Near Isaac Walton Farm | 0.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hawsley / Land at Hansley | 0.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Noonsun Common | 0.51 ha | — | Household |
| Callowhill Wood | 0.51 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Barbary Gutter | 0.5 ha | 1997 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Junction At Caverswall Old Road And Caverswall Road | 0.45 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| Whympenny Farm | 0.42 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Moor Farm Field | 0.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North of Moor Farm | 0.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Alcove | 0.34 ha | 1995 | IndustrialInert |
| Marl Hole | 0.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hill Lane | 0.28 ha | 1978 | Waste types not recorded |
| Boundary Tip | 0.28 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Blythe Mount | 0.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dodsleigh | 0.24 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Old Sandpit | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sand Pits | 0.2 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Fields Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Near Windy Harbour | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stonewalls Farm | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cotton Star Farm | 0.19 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Cheadle Road | 0.19 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Odder Common off Church Lane | 0.16 ha | 1972 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Highcroft | 0.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mount Pleasant Farm | 0.08 ha | 1997 | IndustrialInert |
| Land Off Mills Road | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dilhorne Road | 0.07 ha | 1997 | 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 Cheadle?
- 52 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cheadle 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 Cheadle?
- 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.