Historic landfill sites in Frome, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Frome, Somerset. covering roughly 55 hectares in total. The largest is Styles Hill Site A at 8.26 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Frome (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Styles Hill Site A | 8.26 ha | 1990 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Moat Farm | 7.42 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Witham Hall Tip, Witham Hall Farm | 6.56 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Styles Hill Site G | 5.72 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Styles Hill Site C | 5.61 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Styles Hill Site B | 4.05 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Styles Hill Site E | 3.17 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Bennetts of Frome Limited | 2.7 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Witham Hall Farm | 2.35 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Cloford Manor | 1.18 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Vallis Road | 1.01 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Adjacent A361 | 0.91 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Iron Mills Lane | 0.84 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Adjacent A361 | 0.82 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Postlebury Wood | 0.61 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Coombe Farm | 0.59 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Butler and Tanner Limited | 0.53 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Quarry | 0.48 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Buckland Dinham | 0.45 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highcroft Farm | 0.28 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Castle Hill | 0.27 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Littleacre Farm | 0.25 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Mells River Bank | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Jeltsford Farm | 0.2 ha | — | 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 Frome?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Frome 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 Frome?
- 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.