Historic landfill sites in Hedge End, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Hedge End, Hampshire. covering roughly 183 hectares in total. The largest is Green Lane, Phase B C and D at 30.89 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hedge End (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lane, Phase B C and D | 30.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hook Tip | 25.54 ha | 1979 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Westwood Phase 3 | 21.28 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Bursledon Brickworks | 18.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Old Clay Pond | 12.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hook Gravel Pit | 10.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Car Boot Sale Site | 9.23 ha | — | Household |
| Quobb Farm/hatch Farm | 9.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to Dibles Bottom | 8.01 ha | — | Household |
| Knowlehill Lane | 7.16 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hardings Copse and Scotland Copse | 4.71 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Providence Hill | 3.52 ha | — | Inert |
| Recreation Ground At Pilands Wood | 3.37 ha | — | Household |
| Sunny Bank Sand and Tipping Limited | 2.31 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Spear Pond Gully | 1.98 ha | — | Household |
| Moorlands | 1.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashley Crescent Off Portsmouth Road | 1.7 ha | — | Household |
| Between Somerton Avenue and Selbourne Avenue | 1.45 ha | — | Household |
| Knowle Lane | 1.28 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sullivan Road - Botley Road | 1.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Site A Land Adjacent To Lowry Gardens | 1.04 ha | — | Household |
| South West of Dempsey Close | 1.02 ha | — | Household |
| Land Adjacent to Bursledon Road | 0.95 ha | — | Household |
| Land at Heathhouse Lane | 0.86 ha | — | Inert |
| Land Off Hound Road | 0.8 ha | — | Household |
| Butts Road - Shooters Hill Close | 0.74 ha | — | Household |
| Pinkmead Farm | 0.72 ha | 1955 | Inert |
| Site B Land Adjacent To Lowry Gardens | 0.49 ha | — | Household |
| Scotland Copse | 0.4 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Botley House Country Club | 0.25 ha | — | Inert |
| Kanes Hill Gravel Pit | 0.2 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 Hedge End?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hedge End 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 Hedge End?
- 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.