Historic landfill sites in Exeter, Devon
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Exeter, Devon. covering roughly 107 hectares in total. The largest is Mincinglake at 32.76 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Exeter (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mincinglake | 32.76 ha | 1972 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Flowerpot Playing Field | 14.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kenbury Wood | 11.71 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Wonford Playing Field | 10.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hamlin Lane | 10.92 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clifton Hill | 4.83 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Water Lane / Clapperbrook | 3.73 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pinhoe Factory Quarry / Westbrick Site | 3.27 ha | — | Inert |
| Railway Cutting | 2.26 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Marks Farm | 1.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Polsloe | 1.59 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Polsloe Park | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Exwick Barton | 1.42 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Silverton Mills | 1.26 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Pinhoe Factory Quarry | 1.19 ha | — | Inert |
| Hill Farm | 0.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Browns Farm | 0.73 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Calthorpe Road (Private Tip) | 0.7 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pynes Wate Treatment Works | 0.65 ha | — | Inert |
| Ide Refuse Tip | 0.39 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Eastmonds Tip | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sleeman's Private Tip | 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 Exeter?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Exeter 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 Exeter?
- 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.