Historic landfill sites in Leek, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Leek, Staffordshire. covering roughly 38 hectares in total. The largest is Fowlchurch Landfill Site/Tip at 11.84 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Leek (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowlchurch Landfill Site/Tip | 11.84 ha | 1995 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wallgrange Farm | 3.38 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Leek Sewage Works | 3.25 ha | 1972 | IndustrialInert |
| British Rail Embankment | 2.59 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Tittesworth Water Treatment Works | 2.51 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Cheadle Road Landfill Site | 1.91 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wall Grange Quarry | 1.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gun End Quarry | 1.4 ha | 1963 | Household |
| Bottomhouse Tip | 1.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Horton Refuse Tip | 0.68 ha | 1966 | Household |
| Rear Of Station Garage | 0.66 ha | — | Inert |
| Morridge Tip | 0.66 ha | 1971 | Household |
| Knivedon Farm | 0.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tittesworth | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Packsaddle Tip | 0.6 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| Station Road | 0.59 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Willow Cottage | 0.58 ha | 1992 | Industrial |
| Horsecroft Farm | 0.54 ha | 1969 | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Between Weston Street And Prince Street | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leek Water Reclamation Works | 0.49 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Edge End Farm | 0.39 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Joshua Wardle Limited | 0.33 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Bode's Tip | 0.24 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Morridge Side | 0.22 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Heaton Hollow Tip | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Croda Leek Limited | 0.19 ha | 1980 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| British Trimmings, Ball Haye Road | 0.17 ha | 1992 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Gilberts Animal By Products Limited | 0.1 ha | 1939 | Waste types not recorded |
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 Leek?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Leek 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 Leek?
- 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.