How many former landfill sites are there in Hastings?

28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hastings 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 Hastings?

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.

Historic landfill sites in Hastings, East Sussex

Name: EA Historic Landfill Sites
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence

The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Hastings, East Sussex. covering roughly 36 hectares in total. The largest is South Saxon Playing Fields at 7.32 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Hastings (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

Site	Area	Last input	Waste types
South Saxon Playing Fields	7.32 ha	1989	HouseholdInert
Filsham Farm	7.02 ha	1984	HouseholdCommercialInert
Hastings Town FC - Pilot Field	4.8 ha	1988	IndustrialInert
Woodlands Farm	2.88 ha	1980	CommercialInert
Beauport Park Sports Club	2.11 ha	1989	IndustrialInert
Bohemia Road Cricket Ground	2.1 ha	1968	HouseholdInert
Plains Wood	2.05 ha	1987	Liquid / sludgeCommercial
Highview Close	1.17 ha	1978	Inert
Sedlescombe Road North	1.09 ha	1980	Inert
Grove Farm	0.55 ha	1981	Inert
Ivy House Lane	0.49 ha	1979	IndustrialInert
52 Church Street	0.49 ha	1985	IndustrialCommercialInert
Beaulieu Farm	0.46 ha	1977	Inert
Hole Farm	0.46 ha	1985	Inert
Horns Cross	0.33 ha	1990	Inert
Chiltern Drive	0.25 ha	1980	Inert
Moorsite	0.2 ha	1980	Inert
Theakdon Drive	0.2 ha	—	Waste types not recorded
High View Close	0.2 ha	1978	IndustrialInert
Martineau Lane	0.2 ha	1990	IndustrialInert
Growing Developments	0.2 ha	1993	Inert
Opposite Guestling House	0.2 ha	1945	HouseholdCommercial
Guestling Wood	0.2 ha	1949	HouseholdCommercial
Old Brickfield Site	0.2 ha	1980	Inert
Kiln Wood	0.2 ha	1982	IndustrialInert
North's Seat	0.2 ha	1974	Waste types not recorded
Broad Oak Farm	0.2 ha	1985	IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Sandown School	0.09 ha	1968	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 Hastings?: 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hastings 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 Hastings?: 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.