Historic landfill sites in Holt, Norfolk
The Environment Agency records 11 historic landfill sites in and around Holt, Norfolk. covering roughly 9 hectares in total. The largest is Bilsey Hill at 2.86 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Holt (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilsey Hill | 2.86 ha | 1982 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| End of 2 railway cuttings | 1.05 ha | — | Inert |
| Gravel Pit Lane | 0.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Thornage Road | 0.85 ha | — | Inert |
| Railway Cutting Between Melton Constable and Pigs Grave | 0.66 ha | 1992 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Grove Lane | 0.63 ha | — | Inert |
| Edgefield | 0.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Kelling Hall Farm Landfill - Lagoon | 0.47 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Briston Road | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hurdle Lane | 0.31 ha | — | Inert |
| Letheringsett | 0.26 ha | 1992 | 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 Holt?
- 11 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Holt 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 Holt?
- 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.