Historic landfill sites in Croesoswallt, Shropshire
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Croesoswallt, Shropshire. covering roughly 38 hectares in total. The largest is Red House Field Landfill Site at 11.77 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Croesoswallt (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red House Field Landfill Site | 11.77 ha | 1991 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Moreton Hall School | 5.54 ha | 2001 | Inert |
| Lower Halton | 3.87 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rednal Landfill | 2.68 ha | — | Inert |
| Preeshenlle Landfill Site | 2.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oswestry Bypass / Field to North Of Queens Head | 2.05 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Ashfield Hotel | 1.96 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Oswestry Gas Works | 1.08 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Treflach Quarry | 1.08 ha | 1994 | Industrial |
| Chalk Hill Quarry | 1 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gobowen | 0.86 ha | — | Inert |
| Wynn Cottage | 0.78 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rose Bank Craig Llwyn | 0.47 ha | 1993 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Mount Bradford Farm, St Martins | 0.42 ha | — | Household |
| Highfields Farm, Whittingham | 0.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway Line | 0.32 ha | 1991 | Waste types not recorded |
| Henlle Gardens | 0.31 ha | 1923 | Inert |
| Pentre Dafydd Lodge | 0.3 ha | — | Household |
| Field At Inglewood, Aston | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kinnerley Road, Knockin | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marple Grange | 0.15 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Carreghofa Tip | 0.15 ha | 1975 | Commercial |
| Ashfield Landfill Site | 0.14 ha | 1994 | 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 Croesoswallt?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Croesoswallt 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 Croesoswallt?
- 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.