Historic landfill sites in King's Lynn, Norfolk
The Environment Agency records 21 historic landfill sites in and around King's Lynn, Norfolk. covering roughly 114 hectares in total. The largest is N E W S - Blackborough End Landfill at 18.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around King's Lynn (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| N E W S - Blackborough End Landfill | 18.48 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Anti Waste Ltd - Blackborough End | 18.44 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Mill Drove | 18.29 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| British Sugar PLC | 13.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| King's Lynn | 11.12 ha | — | Inert |
| Bawsey | 7.37 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| British Sugar PLC | 5.63 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Setch Tip | 4.56 ha | 1972 | Commercial |
| King's Lynn | 4.25 ha | — | Inert |
| Brow Of Hill | 3.94 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| King's Lynn | 1.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| South Wootton | 1.49 ha | — | Inert |
| Setchey | 1.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| King's Lynn | 1.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wormegay | 1.17 ha | 1972 | IndustrialInert |
| King's Lynn | 1.05 ha | — | Inert |
| Pit at Wormegay | 0.35 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Saddlebow Road Sugar Factory | 0.27 ha | — | Inert |
| East Winch | 0.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Congham | 0.14 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Leziate Drove | 0.06 ha | 1993 | 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 King's Lynn?
- 21 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of King's Lynn 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 King's Lynn?
- 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.