Historic landfill sites in Chigwell, Essex
The Environment Agency records 50 historic landfill sites in and around Chigwell, Essex. covering roughly 518 hectares in total. The largest is Fairlop Airfield at 128.81 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chigwell (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlop Airfield | 128.81 ha | 1984 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Warren Farm, Romford | 31.88 ha | — | Inert |
| Eastbrookend Country Park | 26.35 ha | 1993 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Renwick Road Landfill Site | 24.19 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Roding Hospital Site | 22.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Crowlands Open Space | 20.75 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Woodford Bridge Tip | 19.82 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Eastbrook Farm | 19.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oldchurch Park | 18.71 ha | — | Inert |
| Prince Regent Lane | 15.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Roding Lane Sports Ground | 13.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Aldborough Hatch Farm | 12.44 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barking Reach | 11.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hainault House Farm | 10.01 ha | 1973 | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodford Bridge Tip | 9.45 ha | 1977 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| King Georges Playing Fields, Mawney Park | 9.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Area 4J and 4K Thamesmead | 9.17 ha | 1982 | SpecialInert |
| Bush Road | 8.84 ha | 1946 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Beal High School Playing Fields | 8.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hill Farm | 7.58 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barking Power Station | 7.41 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| French's Field | 7.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Southern Sewage Works | 6.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barley Lane Recreation Ground | 6.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Laportes Site | 5.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cricklefields Athletic Ground | 5.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Luxborough Lane | 4.74 ha | 1994 | HouseholdInert |
| Ashton Playing Fields | 4.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beckton STW | 3.99 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Whitbreads Sports Ground | 3.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| End of Perrymans Road | 3.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Upton Park Goods Yard | 2.99 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Barking Ash Lagoon | 2.73 ha | 1984 | Industrial |
| Ray Park | 2.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Collier Row Recreation Ground | 2.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cawoods Depot Site | 2.2 ha | 1930 | Waste types not recorded |
| Luxborough Lane | 2.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Forest Road Allotment Site | 1.94 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Land Adjacent to Central Line | 1.87 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Jutsoms Recreation Ground | 1.87 ha | 1970 | SpecialInert |
| Folkestone Road depot | 1.74 ha | 1985 | Waste types not recorded |
| Barking Power Station | 1.69 ha | — | Industrial |
| St Patricks Cemetery | 1.39 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Windsor terrace | 1.35 ha | 1994 | SpecialInert |
| Ex-Whipps Cross Lido | 1.3 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Royal Albert Dock | 1.03 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Landscape Road | 0.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Renwick Road LFS | 0.94 ha | — | Commercial |
| EFDC Depot | 0.76 ha | 1992 | Waste types not recorded |
| Cascade Road | 0.49 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 Chigwell?
- 50 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chigwell 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 Chigwell?
- 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.