Historic landfill sites in Fakenham, Norfolk
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Fakenham, Norfolk. covering roughly 29 hectares in total. The largest is Gravel Pit at 5.86 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Fakenham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | 5.86 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Syderstone Road | 4.68 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Disused Pit at The Hurdle | 3.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway Track | 3.03 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Mileham Road | 2.53 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Hempton Depot | 2.17 ha | 1993 | CommercialInert |
| Disused Railway Track | 1.87 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Railway Cutting | 1.02 ha | — | Inert |
| Fakenham Racecourse | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pudding Norton | 0.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Butler Dale | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whissonsett Road | 0.36 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Off South West corner of racecourse | 0.29 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off High Street | 0.27 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| South of Thorpeland Cottages | 0.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Fakenham SDW | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Raynham Road | 0.19 ha | 1977 | Inert |
| Off South West corner of racecourse | 0.15 ha | — | Inert |
| Raynham Road | 0.1 ha | 1983 | 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 Fakenham?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Fakenham 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 Fakenham?
- 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.