Historic landfill sites in Faversham, Kent
The Environment Agency records 29 historic landfill sites in and around Faversham, Kent. covering roughly 109 hectares in total. The largest is Ham Farm Landfill at 42.08 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Faversham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ham Farm Landfill | 42.08 ha | — | Inert |
| Faversham Quarry | 19.12 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Harty Pit No.2 | 10.63 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Ham Road | 7.07 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bysing Wood | 5.15 ha | — | Inert |
| Court Lodge Farm | 4.84 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Harty Pit No.1 | 3.45 ha | — | Inert |
| Hegdale Quarry | 1.87 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Newnham | 1.54 ha | 1973 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Preston Forge | 1.53 ha | 1955 | HouseholdInert |
| Graveney Landfill | 1.52 ha | — | Inert |
| Abbey Fields | 1.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Deerton Street | 1.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Bowerland Shaw | 0.89 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Street | 0.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Beeches | 0.78 ha | — | Inert |
| Ewell Farm | 0.75 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Bysing Wood | 0.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Abbey Works | 0.55 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sayers Court | 0.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Vicarage Lane | 0.47 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Gushmere | 0.46 ha | — | Inert |
| Everland | 0.45 ha | — | Inert |
| Colkins Selling | 0.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Selling Court Farm | 0.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Winding Hill | 0.34 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Bower Farm | 0.32 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| North Court | 0.26 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Bower Farm | 0.1 ha | 1973 | 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 Faversham?
- 29 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Faversham 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 Faversham?
- 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.