Historic landfill sites in Grays, Thurrock
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around Grays, Thurrock. covering roughly 508 hectares in total. The largest is Little Belhus at 93.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Grays (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Belhus | 93.79 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hill Farm | 86.91 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Broadness | 43.58 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Grange Farm | 40.8 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Stubbers Outdoor Pursuits Centre | 39.04 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Ockendon Grays Area No.3 | 27.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North of Buckles Lane | 24.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Groves Farm | 19.98 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Hall Farm | 18.47 ha | 1984 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Millers Sand and Gravel Pits | 15.51 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Groves Farm | 14.12 ha | 1978 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Buckles Camp | 11.27 ha | 1990 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Titan Pit | 10.89 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land at Middle Lane | 10.85 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Middle Farm | 10.28 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Elm Tree Farm | 10.12 ha | 1987 | Industrial |
| Mollands Lane | 7.63 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Middle Farm | 6.96 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Warren Pit | 5.47 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Botany Road | 5.02 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Pilgrims Lane | 2.21 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Chalk Quarry | 1.89 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| South Stifford | 0.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chafford Hundred | 0.56 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| South of Mollards Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Chalk Quarry | 0.14 ha | 1993 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
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 Grays?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Grays 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 Grays?
- 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.