Historic landfill sites in Eccleshall, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Eccleshall, Staffordshire. covering roughly 49 hectares in total. The largest is Royal Ordnance Factory at 21.86 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Eccleshall (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Ordnance Factory | 21.86 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| New Birch House | 5.38 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Gnosall - Ranton Landfill Site | 5.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Meece Refuse Tip | 2.37 ha | — | Household |
| Sandy Lane | 2.18 ha | 1954 | Household |
| Eccleshall Sewage Works | 1.69 ha | — | Household |
| Smallwood Pit | 1.32 ha | — | Household |
| Smallwood Pit | 1.09 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Walton Bank Farm | 1.05 ha | 1981 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Land Adjacent To Cowley Cutting | 0.9 ha | — | Industrial |
| Highlows Farm | 0.72 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Hillcote Hall | 0.69 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Knightley Road Quarry | 0.58 ha | 1960 | Household |
| Land Near Norton Bridge | 0.51 ha | 1996 | Waste types not recorded |
| Broad Heath Farm | 0.49 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Ladford Pool Farm | 0.46 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Long Lane Tip | 0.45 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Borough Hall Road | 0.32 ha | 1958 | Household |
| Ellenhall Road | 0.3 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Walkmill Road | 0.21 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Brough Hall Farm | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of Old Barn Close | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oaklands | 0.13 ha | 1971 | Inert |
| Barn Bridge Farm | 0.13 ha | 1958 | Waste types not recorded |
| Church Eaton Refuse Tip | 0.1 ha | 1960 | Household |
| Cash Lane Refuse Tip | 0.08 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Brough Hall | 0.08 ha | 1958 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent To A519 | 0.08 ha | 1991 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
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 Eccleshall?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Eccleshall 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 Eccleshall?
- 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.