Historic landfill sites in Ipswich, Suffolk
The Environment Agency records 54 historic landfill sites in and around Ipswich, Suffolk. covering roughly 150 hectares in total. The largest is West Bank Ferry Terminal at 17.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Ipswich (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bank Ferry Terminal | 17.79 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Landseer Park | 13.68 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Paper Mill Lane | 12.52 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sandy Lane Quarry | 11.11 ha | — | Inert |
| Sproughton Road | 8.9 ha | 1979 | Waste types not recorded |
| Cliff Quay Power Station | 6.73 ha | 1987 | Industrial |
| Claydon Quarry | 6.5 ha | 1985 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Whitehouse Road | 4.83 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Neath Drive | 4.28 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hadleigh Road Ind.Est | 4.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bungalow Farm | 3.98 ha | 1993 | IndustrialCommercial |
| Valley Farm | 3.95 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Valley Farm | 3.2 ha | — | Commercial |
| Royal Hospital School | 2.61 ha | 1994 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Valley Farm | 2.32 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Valley Farm | 2.3 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Valley Farm | 2.18 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Old Sandy Lane Pit | 2.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Landseer Road | 2.16 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sherrington Road | 2.15 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Riverside Road (Southern End) | 2.14 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Ipswich Sugar Factory | 2.06 ha | 1987 | Industrial |
| Land between Bramford Road / Sproughton Road | 2.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Hop Ground | 1.89 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sproughton Road-Bramford Road | 1.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Foxhall Road | 1.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Thornbush Hall | 1.53 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Cliff Quay Power Station | 1.52 ha | 1987 | Waste types not recorded |
| The Grove | 1.5 ha | 1990 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Baronsdale Close | 1.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sugar Factory | 1.33 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lodge Lane | 1.31 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Church Lane | 1.26 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Lovetofts Drive Tip | 1.08 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Harris (Ipwich) Limited | 1.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Valley Farm | 1.04 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Jupiter Road | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rise Hall | 0.7 ha | 1995 | CommercialInert |
| Rob Roy | 0.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rise Hall Farm | 0.56 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Church Lane | 0.55 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Old Claypit | 0.54 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Cemetery Road | 0.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Norbury Road | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tuddenham Road | 0.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Grove | 0.46 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Sproughton Road | 0.37 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Royal Hospital School Site | 0.34 ha | — | Commercial |
| Sproughton Road | 0.32 ha | — | Industrial |
| Aberdeen Way - Gretna Gardens | 0.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Waveney Road- Henniker Road | 0.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Valley Farm | 0.18 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Foreshore | 0.06 ha | — | Household |
| Hadleigh Road Sproughton | 0.01 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 Ipswich?
- 54 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Ipswich 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 Ipswich?
- 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.