Historic landfill sites in Darlaston
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Darlaston. covering roughly 74 hectares in total. The largest is Alumwell School Landfill Site at 23.32 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Darlaston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alumwell School Landfill Site | 23.32 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Old Birchalls Wharf | 10.49 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Heathfield Lane West | 6.14 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Bull Lane | 5.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bentley Mill Lane Landfill Site | 4.27 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Anson Branch Of The Walsall Canal | 4.26 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kings Hill Landfill Site | 3.85 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Patent Shaft | 3.42 ha | — | Commercial |
| Wood Green Landfill Site | 3.25 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land Adjacent To Walsall Canal | 2.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| James Bridge Copper Works Landfill Site | 1.61 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Charles Richard Fasteners Limited's Landfill Site | 1.61 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Box Pool Landfill Site | 1.43 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Anson Road Landfill Site | 0.67 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Bentley Road South | 0.45 ha | 1979 | CommercialInert |
| Land West Of Festival Avenue | 0.29 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Blackroot Tip | 0.27 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Newman Tipper Tubes Limited | 0.2 ha | 1980 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| James Bridge Copper Works | 0.17 ha | 1982 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Land North Of Curtain Drive | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Victoria Steelworks Mine Shaft | — | 1994 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Falcon Works | — | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Falcon Galvanising Works | — | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
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 Darlaston?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Darlaston 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 Darlaston?
- 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.