Historic landfill sites in Ilminster, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Ilminster, Somerset. covering roughly 21 hectares in total. The largest is Ashill Bypass Site A at 4.66 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ilminster (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashill Bypass Site A | 4.66 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Goldenhaye Lane | 2.81 ha | — | Inert |
| Windwhistle and Cudworth | 2.55 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land East of Bow Bridge | 2.12 ha | — | Inert |
| Purtington | 1.64 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Lower Copse | 1.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Swell Wood | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Merryfield Lane | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Shave Lane | 0.72 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quarry off Cathanger Lane | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Limekiln Lane | 0.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Higher Chillington | 0.5 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.44 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Lime Kiln Lane | 0.27 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Windshistle Garage | 0.23 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
| Crimson Hill Farm | 0.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Red Post House | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Elder Copse | 0.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Saw Mills | 0.15 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Fieldgate Lane | 0.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| High Chillington | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Purtington House Farm | 0.08 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashill Wood | 0.04 ha | 1990 | HouseholdInert |
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 Ilminster?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ilminster 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 Ilminster?
- 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.