Historic landfill sites in Filton, South Gloucestershire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Filton, South Gloucestershire. covering roughly 118 hectares in total. The largest is Land Adjoining Severn Road at 19.23 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Filton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Adjoining Severn Road | 19.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Speedwell Playing Fields | 12.55 ha | 1966 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ibstock Brick, Cattybrook Landfill | 12.08 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Land at Fishers Farm | 10.2 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Muller Road Recreation Ground | 6.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whitfield (Fishponds) School | 6.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Filton Junction Tip | 5.12 ha | 1971 | Commercial |
| Crooks Marsh Farm Sevalco | 4.62 ha | 1979 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Severnside Works | 4.54 ha | 1993 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Severnside Works | 4.54 ha | 1990 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Bristol Lido | 3.56 ha | — | Inert |
| Rose Green Road | 3.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Severnside Works | 3.09 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Crooks Marsh Farm Sevalco | 3.06 ha | 1979 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Henleaze Quarry | 2.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Filton Golf Club | 2.46 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Crooks Marsh Farm | 2.05 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Horfield Sports Ground | 1.82 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Dubbers Lane | 1.82 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Manor Road | 1.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ham Lane | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Severnside Works | 1.49 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Cribbs Causeway Tip | 1.47 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Duchess Pond | 0.98 ha | 1972 | Inert |
| Coast Road Tip | 0.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Channons Hill | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Garden Nursery | 0.43 ha | 1993 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ibstock Brick Cattybrook Limited, Over Lane | 0.17 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
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 Filton?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Filton 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 Filton?
- 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.