Historic landfill sites in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 213 hectares in total. The largest is Holyfields Farm at 47.07 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cheshunt (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holyfields Farm | 47.07 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Cheshunt Park Farm Quarry | 28.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Cadmore Lane No.2 | 28.38 ha | 1977 | IndustrialInert |
| Turnford Pit | 24.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nunnery Farm | 18.35 ha | — | Inert |
| Theobolds Grove | 12.09 ha | — | Inert |
| Holyfield Marsh | 9.94 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| The Nightleys | 7.29 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| River Lea Wharf | 6.56 ha | — | Inert |
| Turnford Marsh | 5.28 ha | 1975 | IndustrialInert |
| Gravel Pit | 5.26 ha | — | Inert |
| Nunnery Farm | 3.56 ha | — | Inert |
| Nunnery Farm | 3.27 ha | — | Inert |
| Adath Yisroel Burial Ground | 2.05 ha | 1984 | Industrial |
| Church Lane | 1.83 ha | 1966 | Inert |
| Fishers Green Quarry | 1.45 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Adath Yisroel Burial Ground | 1.18 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Oakwood Nursery | 1.1 ha | 1980 | Industrial |
| Turnford Marsh | 0.96 ha | 1975 | IndustrialInert |
| White Stubbs | 0.83 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Adath Yisroel Burial Ground | 0.81 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Adath Yisroel Burial Ground | 0.68 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Theobalds Lane-A10 | 0.59 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Bury Green Farm | 0.4 ha | — | Industrial |
| Church Lane | 0.31 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lucus House Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Andrews Lane | 0.19 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Beaumont Road | 0.12 ha | 1978 | 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 Cheshunt?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cheshunt 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 Cheshunt?
- 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.