Historic landfill sites in Hitchin, Hertfordshire
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Hitchin, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 76 hectares in total. The largest is Pit At Holwell at 13.27 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hitchin (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pit At Holwell | 13.27 ha | 1980 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Little Wymondley Gravel Pit | 12.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kings Grove | 8.58 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wymondleybury | 8.31 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Little Wymondley Quarry | 7.2 ha | 1983 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Land off Cadwell lane | 6.44 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wallace Way | 2.69 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Chapel Foot Gravel Pit | 2.67 ha | 1959 | Inert |
| Eynesford Court | 2.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chapel Foot Tip | 1.82 ha | — | Commercial |
| Maydencroft Manor | 1.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Titmore Green Road | 1.57 ha | 1970 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cadwell Lane | 1.43 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Lower Green | 1.2 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Maydencroft Manor | 0.74 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hambridge Way | 0.69 ha | 1975 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Maydencroft Manor | 0.6 ha | — | Inert |
| Maydencroft Manor | 0.53 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tittendell | 0.45 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gerry's Hole | 0.35 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Maydencroft Manor | 0.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ickleford Railway Cutting | 0.2 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ickleford | 0.19 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lodge Farm | 0.09 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Hitchin?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hitchin 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 Hitchin?
- 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.