Historic landfill sites in Falmouth, Cornwall
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around Falmouth, Cornwall. covering roughly 12 hectares in total. The largest is Falmouth Docks-landfill Site at 3.47 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Falmouth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falmouth Docks-landfill Site | 3.47 ha | 1987 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Treloan | 1.64 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| New Site | 1.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dolly's Dump | 0.83 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Penrose Farm | 0.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Maenporth | 0.66 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Dracaena Avenue Playing Field | 0.65 ha | 1960 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lake at Maenporth | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Carrick Site | 0.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mylor Yacht Harbour Valley Store | 0.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Kerrier Site | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Polingey Creek Lane | 0.22 ha | 1950 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pennance Point | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dolor Point | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Trewarnevas, Gillan | 0.1 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Falmouth?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Falmouth 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 Falmouth?
- 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.