Historic landfill sites in Cinderford, Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Cinderford, Gloucestershire. covering roughly 40 hectares in total. The largest is Bilson Green at 14.36 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cinderford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilson Green | 14.36 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Perseverance Quarry | 4.73 ha | — | Industrial |
| Near Ruardean | 3.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cannop Foundry | 3.51 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Old Tip | 2.49 ha | — | Industrial |
| Old Railway Cutting | 2.08 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land North of Birch Wood | 1.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Drybrook Quarry/The Old quarry | 1.14 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Mireystock | 1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Station Road | 0.82 ha | — | Inert |
| Bilson Tip | 0.71 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cinderford Depot, Land West of Valley Road | 0.6 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Sports Ground | 0.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land West of New Town | 0.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashfield Lane | 0.53 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Hales Builders Yard | 0.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Great Berry Quarry | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Church Road | 0.17 ha | — | Commercial |
| Crump Meadow | 0.12 ha | — | CommercialInert |
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 Cinderford?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cinderford 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 Cinderford?
- 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.