Historic landfill sites in Chippenham, Wiltshire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Chippenham, Wiltshire. covering roughly 49 hectares in total. The largest is Sutton Benger Tip at 11.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Chippenham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Benger Tip | 11.79 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Westmead Refuse Tip | 9.94 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land At Seagry Road Sutton Benger | 9.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Former WCC Tip | 4.7 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sports Ground, Hungerdown Lane | 3.37 ha | 1945 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Thingley Junction | 3.06 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 1.61 ha | — | Inert |
| Chippenham Rifle and Pistol Club Shooting Range | 1.13 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Showell Nurseries | 1.06 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Nethermore Sandpits | 0.65 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.63 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Land adjoining the the River Marden | 0.55 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hullavington Tip | 0.52 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Grittleton Refuse Tip | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leigh Delamere Refuse Tip | 0.23 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| The Golf Course | 0.2 ha | 1970 | SpecialIndustrial |
| Old Brickworks | 0.2 ha | 1946 | Industrial |
| Former North Wilts Tip | 0.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Lodge Farm | 0.06 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
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 Chippenham?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Chippenham 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 Chippenham?
- 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.