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Historic landfill sites in Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset

The Environment Agency records 61 historic landfill sites in and around Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset. covering roughly 159 hectares in total. The largest is St Annes Board Mills at 24.25 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Keynsham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
St Annes Board Mills24.25 haIndustrialHousehold
Stockwood Lane15.76 ha1978IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Eastwood Farm9.74 ha1978IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Part Of Argyle Road Playing Fields9.24 ha1990SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Former Quarry South of Stanton Wick7.76 haInert
Conham7.13 haIndustrialCommercialInert
Fox's Hanham6.85 haWaste types not recorded
Frys Bottom Landfill Site6.41 haIndustrialInert
Land at Kingsfield Farm5.58 ha1982SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Harvey Leaze5.54 ha1982IndustrialInert
London Road Clay Pits4.77 ha1983HouseholdInert
Rivevy Quarry4.11 haInert
Land North of Hicks Gate Farm3.91 haInert
Valley Farm3.3 ha1979Inert
Norton Malreward Tip3.12 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Gaites Farm Pet Cemetery2.87 haIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Land Adjoining The Grange2.7 haInert
New Barn Farm2.4 haSpecialInert
Disused Quarry2.38 haWaste types not recorded
Furthermead Farm2.36 haSpecialInert
Parsons Farm1.73 haInert
Railway Cutting off Wick Lane1.62 haInert
Brook Farm1.59 ha1990Inert
The Grange1.5 haInert
Further Mead Farm1.39 ha1993HouseholdCommercialInert
Land adjoining No.1 Harveys Leaze1.35 ha1982IndustrialInert
Land Adjoining Former Railway Line1.33 ha1983SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Weston Court Farm1.19 ha1986IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Land adjacent to Manor Road1.18 ha1991IndustrialInert
Land between Lye Hill and Burnett1.16 ha1992Inert
Old Tramway Adjoining Keynsham Road1.09 ha1978Inert
Disused railway embankment0.98 ha1984IndustrialCommercialInert
Stidham Lane0.98 haCommercial
Land Adjacent To Manor Road0.97 ha1983IndustrialInert
Henly's ( Bristol ) Limited0.95 haWaste types not recorded
Old Quarry0.79 ha1989IndustrialInert
The Shallows0.69 ha1988Inert
Land at The Shallows0.69 ha1983Inert
The Wilderness0.57 haInert
River Quarry0.57 ha1993Inert
High Street0.56 haInert
Disused Mine0.52 ha1994HouseholdCommercialInert
Land Adjoining Golden Valley Lane0.51 ha1993Inert
Golden Valley Lane0.51 ha1982Inert
Land Adjoining Dog Brook0.48 ha1988Inert
Dissused Railway Line Adjoining Royal British Legion Club0.48 ha1984SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert
Somerdale Landfill Site0.45 haIndustrialInert
Disused railway cutting0.42 ha1981IndustrialCommercialInert
Priestdown Farm0.36 haInert
Land at Tucking Mill0.35 ha1988Inert
Old Quarry0.34 ha1982Inert
Former Railway Cutting Near Dene Road0.33 ha1980Inert
Former Tramway0.32 ha1992Inert
Furthermead Farm0.3 ha1992IndustrialInert
Swineford0.2 haWaste types not recorded
Land adjoing Mill Pond0.17 ha1982IndustrialInert
Broadmeads Lane0.16 ha1987Inert
Broadmeads Lane0.11 ha1987Inert
Redhill0.1 ha1987Inert
Rockhouse Farm0.06 ha1993HouseholdCommercialInert
Broadmeads Lane Industrial Estate0.05 ha1987Inert

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 Keynsham?
61 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Keynsham 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 Keynsham?
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.

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