Historic landfill sites in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 93 hectares in total. The largest is Jarman Fields at 13.35 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hemel Hempstead (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarman Fields | 13.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Smallholdings | 13.07 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Great Wood - Phasels Wood | 7.36 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Westbrook Hay | 7.27 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Widmore Farm | 6.3 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Featherbed Lane | 5.58 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| 58-92 Chipperfield Road | 4.49 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Land East of Great Wood and Phasels Wood | 4.22 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Land at Sheppey Farm off Sheppey Lane | 3.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Toms Lane | 3.4 ha | 1976 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Langley Hill Smallholdings | 3.32 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Waterend | 3.3 ha | — | Inert |
| Rucklers Lane | 2.74 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Junction 20 M25-A41 Junction 20 M25 and A41 | 2.69 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Rectory Farm | 2.23 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Badgerdell Wood Farm | 1.96 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Tullochside | 1.6 ha | 1963 | Inert |
| Great Gaddesden | 1.36 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Chalk Pit Dell | 0.83 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Whippendell Spinney | 0.78 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Field at Gaddesden Row | 0.74 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| St Margaret's | 0.46 ha | — | Inert |
| Potten End Hill | 0.42 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Watercress Beds | 0.41 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Watercress Beds | 0.33 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Eastman Way | 0.2 ha | 1951 | Waste types not recorded |
| Whippendell Spinney | 0.17 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Potten End Hill | 0.17 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Valley Lane | 0.16 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Watercress Beds | 0.14 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Whippendell Spinney | 0.13 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Whippendell Spinney | 0.11 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Great Gaddesden No.1 | 0.08 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| The Laurels | 0.06 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Rayment | 0.06 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| The Laurels | 0.05 ha | 1983 | 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 Hemel Hempstead?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead?
- 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.