Historic landfill sites in Leicester, City of Leicester
The Environment Agency records 73 historic landfill sites in and around Leicester, City of Leicester. covering roughly 260 hectares in total. The largest is Aylestone Meadows at 47.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Leicester (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aylestone Meadows | 47.79 ha | 1988 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Leicester Sports Ground | 18.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandfield Quarry | 16.19 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wigston Urban District Council | 13 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Blaby Brickworks, Glen Parva, Blaby | 10.82 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sunningdale Road | 10.43 ha | 1967 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Council Refuse Tip | 8.3 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wigston Landfill | 7.49 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Braunstone Lane East | 7.02 ha | — | Industrial |
| Wigston Landfill, off Magna Road | 6.42 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| St Thomas Road, Wigston | 6.35 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| New Parks, Off Samson | 5.55 ha | — | Special |
| Ashville Way Industrial Estate, Whetstone | 5.46 ha | — | Inert |
| Gipsy Lane Tip | 5.38 ha | — | Inert |
| Beaumont Leys 2B | 5.13 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Corporation Road, Belgrave | 4.88 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Magna Road, Wigston | 4.79 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Watermead Way | 4.64 ha | 1965 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Magna Road, Wigston | 4.08 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Windrush Drive, Oadby | 3.8 ha | 1970 | HouseholdInert |
| Enderby Hill | 3.58 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Beaumont Leys 2C | 3.32 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Bath Street Dredging Tip, Off Bath Street 2 | 3.13 ha | — | Inert |
| Land off Wigston Lane | 2.93 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Recreation Ground, Groby off Forest Rise | 2.74 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Off Forest Road, Enderby, Blaby | 2.69 ha | 1968 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Heacham Drive | 2.68 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Lanesborough Road | 2.64 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Rose Farm Business Park, Off Leicester Road, Countesthorpe | 2.48 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Mill Hill Quarry, Enderby, Blaby | 2.41 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sonning Way, Glen Parva, Blaby | 2.38 ha | 1970 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rear of Kilby Bridge Garage | 2.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Glenfield Brick and Tile Works | 2.12 ha | — | Industrial |
| Rushey Fields | 2.05 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ellis Farm, Kilby Bridge, Wigston | 1.83 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Great Central Railway, Leicester | 1.76 ha | 1974 | IndustrialInert |
| Oadby Civic Amenity Site | 1.72 ha | — | Household |
| Little Glen Road, Glen Parva | 1.44 ha | 1973 | Inert |
| Blaby Road, Enderby, Blaby | 1.3 ha | 1969 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Gilroes Cemetery Tip | 1.25 ha | 1994 | CommercialInert |
| Oadby Civic Amenity Site | 1.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barrows Lane, Glenfield | 1.15 ha | 1968 | Waste types not recorded |
| Bath Street Dredging Tip | 1.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Adjacent Disused Railway Line, Hospital Lane | 1 ha | 1970 | Inert |
| Off Watergate Lane, Braunstone | 0.9 ha | 1931 | Household |
| Beaumont Leys 2a | 0.89 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Waterfield Close, Leicester | 0.88 ha | — | Industrial |
| M1 Widening | 0.83 ha | — | Inert |
| Blaby Brickworks, Glen Parva, Blaby | 0.77 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Uppingham Road | 0.72 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Kilby Bridge Lock | 0.62 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marlow Road | 0.59 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Railway Cutting/Rear of Linden Farm Drive | 0.58 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Rear of Sandhill Drive | 0.53 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Team Textiles, 85b Narborough Road | 0.5 ha | 1971 | Waste types not recorded |
| Groby Road | 0.48 ha | — | Inert |
| Centurion Court, Station Road, Ratby | 0.47 ha | — | Inert |
| Rear of Hidcote Road, Oadby and Wigston | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cowpen Spinney | 0.44 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land off Leicester Road, Oadby | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Mill Hill, Enderby, Leicestershire | 0.42 ha | — | Industrial |
| Rosemead Drive, Rear of Hidcote Road, Oadby and Wigston | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Empire Stoneworks, Park Road, Narborough, Blaby | 0.28 ha | 1988 | SpecialInert |
| Leicestershire Hanlies Limited | 0.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hospital Lane | 0.23 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Brookfield High School, Groby | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tigers Road, Off Crete Avenue | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Newquay Drive, Glenfield | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sacheverall Way, Groby Road | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| 85b Narborough Road | 0.2 ha | 1952 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Salts Close, Enderby | 0.17 ha | — | Household |
| Off Cambridge Road | 0.17 ha | 1970 | CommercialInert |
| Carlisle Street | 0.06 ha | — | 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 Leicester?
- 73 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Leicester 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 Leicester?
- 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.