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Historic landfill sites in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

The Environment Agency records 77 historic landfill sites in and around Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. covering roughly 541 hectares in total. The largest is Dobbs Weir Quarry at 60.16 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Nazeing Road60.16 ha—Inert
Dobbs Weir Quarry60.16 ha1990IndustrialInert
Lafarge, Nazeing22.39 ha—Waste types not recorded
Meadgate Farm21.19 ha1969IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Lafarge, Paynes Lane19.69 ha1973IndustrialInert
Langridge Farm15.74 ha1972CommercialInert
Old Bridgewater Nursery Site14.57 ha1977Inert
Ryemeads Quarry, Stanstead Abbotts13.56 ha—Inert
Lodge Hollow13.01 ha—Inert
Broxbourne Gravel Pit12.58 ha1990IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Paynes Lane12.5 ha1968IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
South of Chimes10.66 ha1987IndustrialInert
Rushymead Nursery10.6 ha1975IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Dobbs Weir Quarry10.55 ha1986IndustrialInert
Netherhall Landfill 110.19 ha—Waste types not recorded
Wharf Road / Green Lane10.03 ha1973IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Marsh Lane10.03 ha1976Inert
Broxbournebury Park Quarry9.79 ha1991IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Rye Meads Quarry9.6 ha1994Inert
Broxbourne Old Pit / Arrow Yard9.52 ha1968IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
New Nazeing Road9.05 ha1974IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Broxbournebury Park Quarry8.95 ha1991HouseholdCommercialInert
Slipe Lane Quarry8.83 ha1980Inert
Langridge Farm North8.34 ha—Inert
Lodge Hollow West8.22 ha1962HouseholdCommercial
High Leigh8.05 ha1990HouseholdCommercialInert
Netherhall Landfill7.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
North of Cock Lane6.39 ha—Waste types not recorded
North of Cock Lane6.39 ha—Waste types not recorded
North of Cock Lane6.39 ha—Waste types not recorded
Rye House Power Station6.18 ha1983SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrial
Aerodrome Quarry6.13 ha1986IndustrialCommercialInert
Gravel Pit5.82 ha1990Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Paynes Lane5.71 ha1972HouseholdCommercialInert
Dobbs Weir Quarry5.62 ha1987IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Netherhall Landfill4.67 ha—Waste types not recorded
Glen Faba and Riverfields4.53 ha1990Inert
Church Lane4.4 ha—Waste types not recorded
Church Lane4.4 ha—Waste types not recorded
Aerodrome Quarry4.33 ha1994Industrial
Slipe Lane Quarry3.96 ha—Inert
Gravel Workings3.34 ha1975Inert
Homefield Nurseries3.19 ha1979IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Wormley Bury Farm3.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Church Lane3.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Church Lane3.18 ha1984IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Oakley Nursey, Paynes Lane2.91 ha1972Inert
Hoddesdon Quarry2.57 ha1981HouseholdCommercialInert
Hoddesdon Quarry2.39 ha1984HouseholdCommercialInert
Glen Faba and Riverfields2.3 ha1990Inert
Trianglular Field off Nazeing New Road2.25 ha1962Inert
Carthagena Estate2.03 ha1951IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Homefield Nurseries2.02 ha1987IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Dobbs Weir Quarry2.02 ha1987IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Green Lane1.93 ha1990Inert
Hailes Farm / Netherhall1.44 ha1993Inert
Old Watercress Beds1.38 ha1983Inert
Green Lane1.25 ha1985Inert
Old Watercress Beds1.06 ha1983Inert
Rye Meads Gravel Pit1.04 ha—Waste types not recorded
Kingsmead Nursery1.03 ha1985Inert
Stanstead Road0.93 ha—Waste types not recorded
Church Lane0.71 ha1976HouseholdCommercialInert
Rye Meads Quarry0.7 ha1981Inert
Old Watercress Beds0.7 ha1987Inert
Meadgate Farm0.67 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.57 ha1991Inert
Ryemeads0.51 ha1990Inert
Corneles Green0.49 ha1955Inert
Chimes Nursery0.39 ha1985Inert
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.26 ha1991Inert
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.23 ha1991Inert
Unit 90.21 ha1994Industrial
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.21 ha1991Inert
Landridge Farm0.2 ha1972Inert
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.14 ha1991Inert
Rye Meads Gravel Pit0.09 ha1991Inert

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 Hoddesdon?
77 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hoddesdon 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 Hoddesdon?
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.

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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.