Historic landfill sites in Fareham, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Fareham, Hampshire. covering roughly 187 hectares in total. The largest is Areas In The Region Of Sandhills Lane at 57.31 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Fareham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areas In The Region Of Sandhills Lane | 57.31 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sandhills Lane | 23.64 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Chark Farm | 23.42 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cams Bay Tip | 18.48 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land at Cherque Farm | 11.47 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| East Of River Alver | 10.14 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Down End Quarry | 9.48 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land near Wicor Hard | 7.12 ha | — | Household |
| Deviation Line between Highlands Road and M27 | 4.25 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Warren Farm | 3.88 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Warren Farm Landfill Site | 3.37 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Old Street | 3.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| F. Dykes Pit | 1.9 ha | 1983 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Shoot Farm | 1.9 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Birdwood Grove Tip | 1.39 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land Adjacent to Primates Way | 0.88 ha | — | Household |
| Land South of Harbour View | 0.87 ha | — | Household |
| Hamblens Pit | 0.83 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Brickfield Coppice | 0.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Junction of Pook Lane - Wickham Road | 0.47 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Spoil Heap South of Foxbury Point | 0.47 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Reclamation Of Part Of Fareham Lake | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pond At Wych Farm | 0.38 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Whitedell Farm | 0.36 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Albany Farm | 0.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Dean Farm | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pond South Of Rowner Road | 0.14 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Junction of North Hill and Wickham Road | 0.12 ha | — | Inert |
| Land to the Rear of 134 Kiln Road | 0.08 ha | — | Inert |
| Land at Gravel Hole Copse | 0.04 ha | — | 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 Fareham?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Fareham 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 Fareham?
- 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.