Historic landfill sites in Ferndown, Dorset
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Ferndown, Dorset. covering roughly 139 hectares in total. The largest is Parley Court Farm at 35.02 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ferndown (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parley Court Farm | 35.02 ha | — | Inert |
| Kinghten Heat old refuse tip | 23.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hatchpond | 14.34 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Parley Court Farm - Closed | 13.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Deep Dene Sand and Gravel Pit | 11.69 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Deep Dene Sand and Gravel Pit | 11.69 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Adjacent Muscliff Purification works | 5.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North of Whitelegg Way | 4.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Road North of Sewage Works | 3.76 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Oakhill Farm Camp Site | 3.71 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Riverside Area | 2.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor Farm | 2.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kinson Common, Opposite Ilyde Road | 2.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor Farm | 2.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hatchpond | 0.75 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Poole Lane | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whitesheet Plantation | 0.25 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land North Of Stockhouse | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Hoare's Tip | 0.2 ha | 1972 | 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 Ferndown?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ferndown 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 Ferndown?
- 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.