Historic landfill sites in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Chester, Cheshire West and Chester. covering roughly 100 hectares in total. The largest is Border House Farm at 26.65 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chester (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border House Farm | 26.65 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Trafford Hall Farm | 9.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land on Church Farm | 9.06 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Upton Grange Farm | 8.82 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Upton Grange Farm | 8.75 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Waverton Tip Site | 4.97 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Deva Tip | 4.14 ha | 1973 | Commercial |
| Clayley Hall Farm | 4.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hoole Bank Brickworks | 3.48 ha | — | Industrial |
| Ferry Lane | 3.28 ha | 1972 | SpecialInert |
| Littlers Playing Fields | 2.85 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Brymau No.4 | 2.22 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Waverton Quarry | 2.01 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Holt-Farndon Bypass | 1.88 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Hoole Bank Brickworks | 1.65 ha | — | Industrial |
| Old Pearl Lane | 1.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Seahill Road | 1.11 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Ellesmere Sand and Gravel | 0.94 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Palm Valley | 0.51 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Aldford Quarry | 0.45 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Cuckoo's Nest | 0.4 ha | — | Inert |
| Chemistry Locks | 0.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stannage Farm - Churton Quarry | 0.35 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Brick Bank Site | 0.3 ha | 1977 | IndustrialInert |
| Sycamore Cottage | 0.2 ha | 1976 | Inert |
| Mill Hill | 0.16 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Land off Marton Road | 0.07 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Parson's Lane | 0.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Chester?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chester 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 Chester?
- 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.