Historic landfill sites in Hungerford, West Berkshire
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Hungerford, West Berkshire. covering roughly 11 hectares in total. The largest is Brick and Tile Works at 2.93 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Hungerford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brick and Tile Works | 2.93 ha | — | Inert |
| Inglewood Road | 1.52 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Brick and Tile Works | 0.53 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Hilldrop Farm | 0.48 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Hopgrass Brick Works | 0.44 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Coldborough Farm | 0.41 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Hopgrass Brick Works | 0.38 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Little Common | 0.35 ha | — | Inert |
| Manor Farm | 0.28 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Brick and Tile Works | 0.28 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Ermine Street | 0.27 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Elcot Park No.1 | 0.22 ha | 1969 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Chalk Pit No.3 | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Heath Copse | 0.19 ha | 1970 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bottom Barn | 0.19 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| Chalk Pit | 0.18 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Wormstall Pit | 0.18 ha | 1959 | IndustrialInert |
| Chalk Pit No.1 | 0.17 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Denford Lodge | 0.17 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| Boot Farm Great | 0.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Hopgrass Brick Works | 0.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hopgrass Brick Works | 0.15 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Woodland | 0.15 ha | — | Inert |
| Chalk Pit No.10 | 0.14 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Wickfield Farm Pit | 0.11 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Chalk Pit No.4 | 0.09 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Elcot Park No.2 | 0.08 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Winterside Farm | 0.06 ha | — | Inert |
| Chalk Pit No.6 | 0.06 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Chalk Pit No.7 | 0.05 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Dark Lane | 0.05 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dark Lane | 0.04 ha | — | Commercial |
| Chalk Pit No.8 | 0.04 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Chalk Pit No.2 | 0.03 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Chalk Pit No.9 | 0.02 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Chalk Pit No.5 | 0.02 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
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 Hungerford?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Hungerford 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 Hungerford?
- 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.