Historic landfill sites in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Cirencester, Gloucestershire. covering roughly 67 hectares in total. The largest is Shorncote Quarry at 14 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Cirencester (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorncote Quarry | 14 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Fosse Cross | 12.79 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| North End Works (Lake 62) | 11.24 ha | — | Inert |
| Broadway Lane North | 7.44 ha | — | SpecialInert |
| Broadway Lane | 5.03 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Exhibition Quarry | 4.04 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdInert |
| Broadway Lane Doulton South | 3.66 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Thames Severn Canal | 3.6 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Broadway Lane No.1 | 1.26 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Somerford Road 2 Railway Cutting | 1.1 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Beehive Quarry | 0.95 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Canal | 0.61 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Royal Agricultural College | 0.57 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Somerford Road No.1 | 0.27 ha | 1971 | Household |
| Rendcombe Quarry, Aycote Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North End Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| The Quarry | 0.17 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 Cirencester?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Cirencester 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 Cirencester?
- 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.