Historic landfill sites in Kesgrave, Suffolk
The Environment Agency records 26 historic landfill sites in and around Kesgrave, Suffolk. covering roughly 137 hectares in total. The largest is Foxall Road at 51.03 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Kesgrave (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxall Road | 51.03 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Foxhall Road | 30.27 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sinks Pit | 12.6 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Broom Hill Quarry, Nacton | 8.77 ha | — | Inert |
| Sinks Pit | 8.48 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hall's Pit | 3.63 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Sandpit | 3.49 ha | 1991 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Nacton Works | 3.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bloomfield's Farm | 2.66 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| The Playing Field, Hall Road | 1.63 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Sandpit | 1.59 ha | 1993 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Brightwell Hill | 1.37 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Woodbridge Road - Holly Road | 1.33 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Culpho Hall | 1.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bridge Farm | 0.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Levington Lane | 0.86 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Bungalow | 0.81 ha | 1991 | CommercialInert |
| Baronsdale Close | 0.76 ha | — | Industrial |
| Bucklesham Road | 0.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Copleston School | 0.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nacton Road | 0.24 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrial |
| The Suffolk Showground | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Nacton Works | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Building Cottages | 0.19 ha | 1990 | CommercialInert |
| Nacton Road | 0.17 ha | 1982 | SpecialIndustrial |
| Nacton Works Factory | 0.14 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrial |
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 Kesgrave?
- 26 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Kesgrave 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 Kesgrave?
- 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.