Historic landfill sites in Launceston, Cornwall
The Environment Agency records 23 historic landfill sites in and around Launceston, Cornwall. covering roughly 22 hectares in total. The largest is Bangor Quarry at 2.51 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Launceston (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Quarry | 2.51 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bangor Slate Quarry | 2.44 ha | — | Commercial |
| Smallcombe Farm | 1.75 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| East Banbury | 1.73 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Yeolmbridge Quarry | 1.59 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Yeat Farm | 1.56 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Wooladon Farm, Liftondown | 1.34 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Pennygillam Industrial Estate | 1.33 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Cookworthy Farm | 1.27 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Gadcombe Cross | 0.97 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Tresmeer Railway Cutting Landfill | 0.9 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Dingley Downs Quarry | 0.76 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Laneast | 0.75 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Wortham Manor Farm | 0.69 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Hollyvag Landfill | 0.55 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Red Down Quarry | 0.4 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Pillar Quarry | 0.33 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lanzion Railway Cutting | 0.32 ha | — | Inert |
| Treniffle | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Wit Farm | 0.3 ha | 1970 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Quarry, Lawhitton | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Litton Golf Course | 0.13 ha | — | Household |
| Near Wortham Manor | 0.08 ha | 1994 | Household |
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 Launceston?
- 23 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Launceston 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 Launceston?
- 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.