Historic landfill sites in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. covering roughly 196 hectares in total. The largest is Wingmoor Farm Landfill Site at 67.03 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cheltenham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingmoor Farm Landfill Site | 67.03 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Wingmoor Sandpit | 24.61 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Wingmoor Farm (east) Landfill P P C Permit ( Bu4309 ) | 23.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land opposite Marley Concrete Limited | 12 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 10.11 ha | — | Household |
| Endsleigh Property Services Limited | 8.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lasnd at the Old Sand Pit | 7.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stoke Road | 7.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Recreation Ground at Oakley | 5.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brook Villa Farm Landfill Site | 4.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gotherington Site | 3.98 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Colgate Farm | 3.05 ha | 1979 | SpecialInert |
| St James Car Park | 2.98 ha | — | Commercial |
| Leckhampton Farm | 2.47 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Land off Hatherley Lane | 2.46 ha | 1994 | Waste types not recorded |
| Playing Field off Alstone Lane | 2.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Violet Villa | 2.24 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Golf Course at Marle Hill | 2.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Swanbrook Grill | 0.99 ha | 1983 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Crickley Lodge | 0.82 ha | — | Inert |
| Market Garden Land at Violet Villa | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Northfield Farm | 0.51 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 Cheltenham?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham?
- 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.