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Historic landfill sites in Coleshill, Warwickshire

The Environment Agency records 54 historic landfill sites in and around Coleshill, Warwickshire. covering roughly 453 hectares in total. The largest is Meriden Quarry at 44.12 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Coleshill (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Meriden Quarry44.12 ha1992SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
ARC Lea Marston41.04 ha1984Inert
Cole Hall Lane Landfill Site40.04 ha1981Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Jacksons Brickworks37.02 ha—SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Hams Hall Power Station27.94 ha1991SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert
Land West Of Hams Lane26.86 ha1988Inert
Coton Hall Quarry17.5 ha1989Inert
Lea Marston No.216.61 ha1983IndustrialCommercialInert
Coleshill Gas Works16.59 ha—Industrial
Packington Avenue Landfill Site14.26 ha1965IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
River Tame Purification Lake13.53 ha—Industrial
Coleshill Civic Amenity Site12.83 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Coton Hall Quarry No.312.15 ha1992Inert
Woodlands Cemetery9.99 ha—Waste types not recorded
CEGB Site No.29.26 ha1988Inert
Coleshill Water Reclamation Works9.09 ha—Liquid / sludgeInert
Land East Of Hams Lane8.98 ha—Waste types not recorded
Brackenlands Farm7.55 ha1977Liquid / sludgeInert
Somer Lane7.18 ha1993HouseholdInert
Coton Hall Quarry No.27.04 ha1991Inert
Coton Quarry6.82 ha1988IndustrialInert
The Somers6.74 ha1993Inert
M42 Water Orton5.2 ha—Inert
Windbridge Nurseries4.85 ha1982Inert
Goldliner Sports And Social Club4.64 ha1984Inert
Middle Bickenhill Lane4.46 ha1985SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Haywood Road4.3 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
M42 Mullensgrove Farm4.29 ha1985Inert
Birmingham Road3.88 ha1993CommercialInert
Packington Lane2.78 ha—Waste types not recorded
Dexter Mine2.58 ha1993Inert
Birmingham Road2.26 ha—CommercialInert
Hams Hall Power Station1.89 ha1987SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Hams Hall Power Station1.8 ha1991SpecialIndustrial
Grinstock Hill Quarry1.73 ha1984Inert
West of Coton Road1.66 ha—Industrial
Lincoln Farm Cafe1.64 ha—Waste types not recorded
Station Road1.64 ha—Waste types not recorded
Bradnocks Marsh Lane1.35 ha1980HouseholdCommercialInert
Rear of Jackson's Brickworks1.17 ha1972Waste types not recorded
Bradnocks Marsh Lane1.09 ha—Waste types not recorded
Broadmoor Wood1.02 ha1992Inert
Hams Hall Power Station0.95 ha1992HouseholdCommercial
Brackenlands Farm0.73 ha—Waste types not recorded
Fillongley Road0.6 ha—Waste types not recorded
Site Corner Clock Lane0.54 ha—Waste types not recorded
Woodhouse Farm0.53 ha1995Inert
Lodge Green0.5 ha1972Industrial
Dog Kennel Belt0.39 ha—Waste types not recorded
Birmingham Road0.38 ha1992Inert
Bickenhill Lane0.31 ha1979Waste types not recorded
Trajan Hill0.24 ha—Waste types not recorded
Cocksparrow Farm0.2 ha1988Waste types not recorded
Elmdon Trading Estate0.2 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 Coleshill?
54 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Coleshill 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 Coleshill?
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.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.