Historic landfill sites in Coleford, Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Coleford, Gloucestershire. covering roughly 35 hectares in total. The largest is Quarry, Fetter Hill at 7.25 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Coleford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry, Fetter Hill | 7.25 ha | 1976 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| West Dean Refuse Tip | 6.87 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sling Engineering Works | 5.38 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Beverston Farm | 3.09 ha | 1979 | CommercialInert |
| Doward Quarry | 2.31 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Football Ground | 1.67 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Civic Amenities Tip | 1.45 ha | — | Commercial |
| Boatwood Quarry | 1.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Valley Road | 0.94 ha | 1987 | Commercial |
| Whitchurch Landfill ( Freeman) | 0.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Porthcasseg Farm | 0.75 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Railway Cutting Adjacent to Great Berry Quarry | 0.65 ha | — | SpecialCommercialInert |
| Adjacent to Mc Kenzie Hall | 0.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Doward Quarry | 0.48 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Valley Road | 0.37 ha | 1987 | Waste types not recorded |
| Birch Hill | 0.23 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Rank Xerox Tip | 0.21 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| West Dean Sludge Tip | 0.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| The Fountain | 0.17 ha | — | Inert |
| Gorsty Knowle | 0.13 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 Coleford?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Coleford 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 Coleford?
- 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.