Historic landfill sites in Corsham, Wiltshire
The Environment Agency records 14 historic landfill sites in and around Corsham, Wiltshire. covering roughly 16 hectares in total. The largest is Quarry at 7.25 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to household waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Corsham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | 7.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hazelbury Hill Quarry | 1.95 ha | 1984 | HouseholdInert |
| Park Farm | 1.58 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Folly Lane Farm | 1.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Wadswick-Box | 1.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sunrise | 1.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Quarry | 0.33 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Next To The North of A420 at West Yatton | 0.27 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry, The Beeches | 0.21 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Tip Near Chequers Hill | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Quarry, The Beeches | 0.19 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Land to the north of A420 | 0.05 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry, The Beeches | 0.03 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Quarry, The Beeches | 0.03 ha | 1983 | Inert |
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 Corsham?
- 14 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Corsham 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 Corsham?
- 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.