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Historic landfill sites in Kingswinford

The Environment Agency records 65 historic landfill sites in and around Kingswinford. covering roughly 356 hectares in total. The largest is Hoveringham Gravels Limited at 61.65 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Hoveringham Gravels Limited61.65 ha—IndustrialInert
Poolhouse Lane21.65 ha—IndustrialInert
Ketley Quarry Landfill18.57 ha—Inert
Stewponey Sand Pit17.28 ha—IndustrialInert
Stallings Lane, Tansey Green Road13.21 ha—Waste types not recorded
Barmil Tip12.86 ha1982SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Gouldes Lane9.86 ha—Household
Males Tip9.01 ha1980Industrial
The Leys Tip8.87 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Hinksford Lane8.73 ha1993IndustrialInert
Dudley Road8.44 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ounsdale Quarry8.09 ha—IndustrialCommercialInert
Seisdon Post Office Lane7.91 ha1988IndustrialHouseholdInert
Vickers Sand Quarry7.41 ha1971Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Kingswinford Landfill Site6.88 ha1973Industrial
The Leys6.81 ha1981HouseholdInert
Bantoms Field6.73 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Alphasil Works Redevelopment Site6.6 ha—Inert
Dingle School5.85 ha1986IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Baggeridge Quarry5.48 ha1982IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Land at Baggeridge Quarry5.44 ha1984SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Blackhills Quarry5.28 ha1976Industrial
Bradley Hall Quarry5.21 ha1984IndustrialCommercialInert
Price Pearson Tip5.12 ha1972Industrial
Barrmil Tip4.97 ha—Industrial
Seisdon Road/Botterham Lane4.96 ha1975Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Oak Lane4.87 ha—IndustrialInert
Blackhill Quarry4.48 ha—IndustrialInert
Bryce Road4.37 ha1984Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Smithy Lane and Cinder Road4.29 ha—Waste types not recorded
Prestwood Drive3.86 ha1993Waste types not recorded
Stallings Lane - Oak Lane3.44 ha—Waste types not recorded
F. G. Davis Tip3.33 ha1973Industrial
Hoveringham Gravels Limited3.03 ha1972Industrial
Tarry Hollow Road2.81 ha1920Inert
Bridgnorth Road2.63 ha1981Waste types not recorded
Upper Whittimere Quarry, Opposite Blackhills Quarry2.56 ha1969Waste types not recorded
Ketley Quarry2.32 ha—HouseholdCommercialInert
Stallings Lane2.22 ha1962Waste types not recorded
Standhills Road2.12 ha—Waste types not recorded
Sunnyside Sands Beds2.12 ha1977Waste types not recorded
Orton Lane2.08 ha1981Industrial
Clugstons's Tip1.91 ha—Waste types not recorded
Bells Lane1.87 ha1983Inert
Seisdon Sand Beds1.71 ha1985HouseholdCommercial
Males Tip1.42 ha1980IndustrialHousehold
Dingle School1.38 ha1986Industrial
Poolhouse Road Landfill Site1.3 ha1967Industrial
Station Road - Mount Road Landfill Site1.3 ha—Industrial
Redland Landfill Site1.26 ha—Commercial
Jones Sand Quarry1.08 ha1973Waste types not recorded
Woodford Lane Landfill Site1.07 ha1976IndustrialInert
Smestow Bridge1.04 ha1995Waste types not recorded
British Waterways Giggetty Landfill0.97 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ebstree Road Landfill Site0.88 ha1967IndustrialHousehold
Land At Prestwood Adjacent To A4490.82 ha1989Waste types not recorded
School Road Landfill Site0.64 ha1966Industrial
Gorse Corner0.63 ha1989Waste types not recorded
Oak Lane0.57 ha1984Waste types not recorded
Brierley Hill Road0.53 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrial
Roughs Road0.45 ha1982Waste types not recorded
Stallings Lane/Oak Lane0.44 ha—Waste types not recorded
Smithy Lane and Cinder Road0.41 ha1984Inert
Smithy Lane and Cinder Road0.2 ha1984Inert
Lenches Bridge0.19 ha1980IndustrialInert

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 Kingswinford?
65 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Kingswinford 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 Kingswinford?
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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Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.