Historic landfill sites in Gillingham, Medway
The Environment Agency records 49 historic landfill sites in and around Gillingham, Medway. covering roughly 271 hectares in total. The largest is Hoo Island at 40.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Gillingham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoo Island | 40.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingsnorth Industrial Estate | 27.39 ha | — | Industrial |
| Otterham Industial Estate | 17.19 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingsnorth | 16.49 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Shawstead | 16.19 ha | 1991 | HouseholdInert |
| Eastcourt Meadows | 12.9 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Kingsnorth Power Station | 12.09 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludge |
| Kingsnorth Power Station | 11.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woodlands | 10.03 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Strand | 8.58 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Startrite | 8.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingsnorth Area | 7.76 ha | — | Inert |
| Overtons | 7.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Bloors Wharf | 7.07 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Vineyard Chalk Pit | 6.26 ha | 1990 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeHouseholdInert |
| East Hoath Wood | 5.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Finwell Road | 4.63 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Admiralty Tip | 4.02 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Parhams | 4.02 ha | — | Inert |
| Castlemaine Avenue | 3.89 ha | — | Inert |
| Gill B Park | 3.75 ha | — | Inert |
| Detling Hill | 3.69 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| AKZO | 3.32 ha | — | Inert |
| Abbots Court Road | 3.11 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Lower Twydall Chalk Pit | 2.14 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gas Works | 2.05 ha | — | Inert |
| Bloors Lane | 1.86 ha | 1969 | IndustrialInert |
| Sows Bottom | 1.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Bloors Lane | 1.54 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| London Road Roundabout | 1.49 ha | — | SpecialInert |
| West Wood | 1.49 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Motney Hill | 1.48 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Newington Nursery | 1.17 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Rear of Harwood Road | 0.98 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Grange Road | 0.93 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Longton Wood | 0.79 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Pumping Station | 0.73 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingsnorth Power Station | 0.71 ha | 1990 | Waste types not recorded |
| Gore Farm | 0.68 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Lyall Way | 0.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Dial Road | 0.62 ha | — | Inert |
| Pump Lane | 0.62 ha | — | Inert |
| Hempstead Hills | 0.57 ha | — | Inert |
| Mierscourt Road | 0.52 ha | — | Inert |
| Dolphin Drive | 0.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandringham Road | 0.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Bennets Yard | 0.45 ha | — | Inert |
| Pine Grove | 0.26 ha | — | Inert |
| Berengrave Land | 0.2 ha | 1978 | 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 Gillingham?
- 49 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Gillingham 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 Gillingham?
- 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.