Historic landfill sites in Esher, Surrey
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Esher, Surrey. covering roughly 201 hectares in total. The largest is Land South of Field Common Lane at 64.63 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Esher (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land South of Field Common Lane | 64.63 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Molesey Road Landfill Phase I | 31.38 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Field Common Lane North | 28.26 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Molesey Heath Landscape Project | 13.7 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Fleetside Estate | 13.22 ha | 1965 | IndustrialInert |
| West Molesey Sewage Works | 7.09 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Old Thames Water Gas Works | 6.88 ha | 1966 | Inert |
| Molesey Road Phase 2 | 5.98 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Broom Road Recreation Ground | 5.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Green Dragon Lane Flats | 5.6 ha | 1966 | Inert |
| Molesey Road West | 4.03 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Crane Avenue Allotments | 3.33 ha | 1961 | Waste types not recorded |
| Carville Hill Park North | 2.59 ha | 1951 | Inert |
| Texas DIY | 2.26 ha | 1935 | Inert |
| Field Common Lane - Mosley Road | 2.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Watermans Park | 1.91 ha | 1865 | Waste types not recorded |
| Littleheath Lane | 0.99 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Equestrian Centre | 0.78 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thames Ditton | 0.37 ha | 1959 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Manor Farm | 0.1 ha | 1989 | 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 Esher?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Esher 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 Esher?
- 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.