Historic landfill sites in Dartmouth, Devon
The Environment Agency records 7 historic landfill sites in and around Dartmouth, Devon. covering roughly 8 hectares in total. The largest is Nethway Quarry at 2.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Dartmouth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nethway Quarry | 2.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Downton Wood Abandoned Quarries | 1.93 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Downton Wood Landfill | 1.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Maypool Woods | 0.93 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Kingswear Tip | 0.67 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Old Quarry | 0.46 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Waterhead Creek | 0.35 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Dartmouth?
- 7 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth?
- 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.