Historic landfill sites in Haverhill, Suffolk
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around Haverhill, Suffolk. covering roughly 19 hectares in total. The largest is Puddle Brook Tip at 3.92 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to household waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Haverhill (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puddle Brook Tip | 3.92 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Cardinals Green West | 2.75 ha | 1984 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rectory Road | 2.61 ha | — | Commercial |
| Cardinals Green East | 2.48 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Millfields Way | 2.24 ha | — | Household |
| Rowley Hill | 1.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Birdbrook | 0.99 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Sturmer End Industrial Estate | 0.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Railway Cutting | 0.68 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Notley Chalk Pit West | 0.53 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| By Sewage Treatment Works | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Junction Hole | 0.31 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rectory Road | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Meldham Bridge Brickyard | 0.06 ha | 1973 | Waste types not recorded |
| Opposite old piggeries | 0.05 ha | 1973 | 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 Haverhill?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Haverhill 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 Haverhill?
- 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.