Historic landfill sites in Coseley
The Environment Agency records 25 historic landfill sites in and around Coseley. covering roughly 112 hectares in total. The largest is Lanesfield Tip at 27.96 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Coseley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanesfield Tip | 27.96 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Turton Road (north) - Weddel Wynd | 11.17 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Barnfield Road Landfill Site | 10.87 ha | 1980 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land Off Central Drive and Martin Close | 7.18 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Alexandra Road Landfill Site | 7.03 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Bloomfield Road Landfill Site | 5.95 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| South of Sedgley Road | 4.11 ha | 1969 | Industrial |
| Hale And Hale Tip | 4 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Darkhouse Lane | 3.48 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Fountain Lane | 3.47 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Flavell Avenue | 3.24 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Fountain Lane | 2.98 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Summerhil Road | 2.91 ha | — | Industrial |
| Tibbington Marlhole | 2.88 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bourne Street | 2.64 ha | 1986 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Birmingham New Road | 2.16 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Factory Road Landfill Site | 2.14 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| West of Brook Street | 1.97 ha | — | Industrial |
| Batmans Hill Industrial Improvement Area | 1.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shaw Road, Coseley | 1.49 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| GKN Manor Works | 1.41 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Wrens Nest Landfill Site | 0.96 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Holden Brewery | 0.39 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Ladymoor Road | 0.14 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Anchor Lane | 0.12 ha | 1984 | 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 Coseley?
- 25 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Coseley 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 Coseley?
- 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.