Historic landfill sites in Glastonbury, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 8 historic landfill sites in and around Glastonbury, Somerset. covering roughly 13 hectares in total. The largest is Dyehouse Lane at 2.7 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Glastonbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyehouse Lane | 2.7 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Eastern Drove | 2.52 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Field Adjoining Baily's Factory | 2.43 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Land at Paradise | 1.79 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Bailys | 1.26 ha | 1992 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Porchestal Drove | 1.06 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Dyehouse Lane | 0.98 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Lewis Drove | 0.11 ha | 1991 | HouseholdCommercial |
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 Glastonbury?
- 8 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Glastonbury 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 Glastonbury?
- 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.