Historic landfill sites in Kidderminster, Worcestershire
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Kidderminster, Worcestershire. covering roughly 38 hectares in total. The largest is Springfield Lane at 8.9 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Kidderminster (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Lane | 8.9 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hartlebury Brickworks | 7.6 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sand and Gravel Pits | 3.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wilden Lane | 3.26 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Rear of Gilt Edge Carpets Limited | 3.18 ha | — | Industrial |
| Victoria Carpet Co | 2.85 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Chlidema Carpet Company | 1.86 ha | — | Industrial |
| Caunsall Tip | 1.39 ha | 1979 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highfield Sand Quarry | 1.27 ha | 1984 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wyermill Farm | 1.23 ha | — | Commercial |
| Brooks Walk Landfill Site | 0.75 ha | 1959 | Household |
| Puxton Lane | 0.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beauchamp Avenue | 0.2 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Townsend Works Landfill | 0.2 ha | — | Industrial |
| Kidderminster Gas Works, Pitts Lane | 0.2 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Lea Lane, Cookley | 0.2 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Woodward Grosvenor Limited | 0.17 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of Whitehouse Limited | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Morris Carpets Company Hoobrook | 0.05 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Whites Buildings, Bridge Road, Cookley | 0.04 ha | 1990 | Inert |
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 Kidderminster?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Kidderminster 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 Kidderminster?
- 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.