Historic landfill sites in Gosport, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Gosport, Hampshire. covering roughly 67 hectares in total. The largest is North Of Browndown Road at 29.56 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Gosport (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Of Browndown Road | 29.56 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Moat Along Southern Gosport Peninsula | 9.5 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Refuse Tip to West of Fort Gomer | 7.04 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Creek West Of Priddys Hard | 3.82 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land Adjacent to Former Stokes Bay Pier | 2.98 ha | — | Household |
| Land at Public Open Space | 2.35 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Land adjacent to Stoke Shore Line | 2.03 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Moat Along Southern Gosport Peninsula | 1.84 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Former Moat adjacent to Barracks | 1.79 ha | — | Household |
| Land at South of Hamilton Road | 1.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Moat at Fort Grange | 1.23 ha | — | SpecialHousehold |
| South Of Coppins Grove | 1.08 ha | — | Household |
| East Of River Alver | 0.95 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Frater Lane | 0.95 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land Adjacent to Stoke Shoreline Site B | 0.38 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Land Adjacent to Forton Lake | 0.29 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Gosport Boatyard | 0.25 ha | — | Inert |
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 Gosport?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Gosport 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 Gosport?
- 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.