Historic landfill sites in Crowborough, East Sussex
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Crowborough, East Sussex. covering roughly 50 hectares in total. The largest is Scull Wood at 8.47 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Crowborough (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scull Wood | 8.47 ha | 1993 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Castlewood Landfill Site | 7.59 ha | 1976 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lime Kiln Oast | 5.84 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Paternoster Wood | 4.47 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Park Farm | 4.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| 14 Acre Pit | 3.25 ha | 1959 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Hourne Farm Pumping Station | 3.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gate House Farm | 2.28 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Sandhill Farm No.1 and No.2 | 2.11 ha | 1979 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Laurel Tree Farm | 1.55 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Golf Course | 1.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fermor Way | 1.06 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashurst Bridge | 0.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Fox Wood | 0.62 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Alderbrook Farm | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Balls Green Estate | 0.23 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grub Reed | 0.22 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Clockhouse | 0.2 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Renby Farm | 0.2 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Florence Farm | 0.2 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Gillridge Lane | 0.2 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Orznash Farm | 0.2 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Motte Field Estate | 0.2 ha | 1986 | Waste types not recorded |
| Laurel Tree Farm | 0.2 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Hastingford Cottage | 0.2 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Sleeches Farm | 0.2 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rotherhurst Farm | 0.2 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Cobblers Farm | 0.2 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Rowan Lodge | 0.15 ha | — | Inert |
| Hodore Farm | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Little Forest Farm | 0.07 ha | — | 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 Crowborough?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Crowborough 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 Crowborough?
- 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.