Historic landfill sites in Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire
The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire. covering roughly 143 hectares in total. The largest is Chalk Hill at 67.4 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Houghton Regis (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill | 67.4 ha | 1985 | Household |
| Chalk Pit North of Cement Works | 48.92 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Houghton Regis | 7.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Blue Waters Tip | 4.66 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hoggin Quarry | 4.04 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| The Glebe Recreation Ground | 3.83 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Chalgrave Manor Farm | 3.4 ha | 1988 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Dyers Hall Farm | 1.54 ha | 1968 | Industrial |
| Aubers Farm | 1.2 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Park Road | 0.61 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Long Meadow Farm | 0.39 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Hillside Farm | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Park Avenure - Sundon Park Road | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
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 Houghton Regis?
- 13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Houghton Regis 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 Houghton Regis?
- 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.