Historic landfill sites in Eastbourne, East Sussex
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Eastbourne, East Sussex. covering roughly 101 hectares in total. The largest is Kings Park Area at 14.83 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Eastbourne (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Park Area | 14.83 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Lottbridge Drove Phase 1 and 2 | 8.3 ha | 1986 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lottbridge Drove Phase 3 | 7.12 ha | 1986 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crumbles Area No.1 | 6.78 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Elm Grove, Hampden Park | 6.74 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Queen's Crescent | 5.61 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Astaire Avenue | 5.46 ha | 1976 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Shinewater Lane | 5.36 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Wartling Road Coach Park | 4.4 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Priory Road Playign Field - Bishops Bell School | 4.3 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Crumbles Area No.2 | 3.09 ha | — | Inert |
| Stafford School Playing Field | 3.02 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hampden Park Relief Road | 2.96 ha | — | Household |
| Winkney Farm | 2.51 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Langney Point Tower | 2.37 ha | 1973 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tramways, Sovereign Centre | 2.34 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Soverign Harbour Phase 2 | 2.27 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sevenoaks Road Recreation Ground | 2.2 ha | 1969 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highfields School Playing Fields | 1.99 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Leeds Avenue, Toll Gate Primary School | 1.82 ha | 1968 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Macleans Site | 1.65 ha | — | Inert |
| Crumbles Area No.3 | 1.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Bay View Caravan Park | 1.47 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks Road | 1.07 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Langney Primary School | 0.97 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Swan Lake Estate | 0.2 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Langney Point | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Eastbourne Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marl Pit | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Eastbourne?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne?
- 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.