Historic landfill sites in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
The Environment Agency records 33 historic landfill sites in and around Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire. covering roughly 290 hectares in total. The largest is Chamberlains Barn Sand Quarries at 93.19 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Leighton Buzzard (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlains Barn Sand Quarries | 93.19 ha | 1986 | HouseholdInert |
| Tiddenfoot | 14.62 ha | 1975 | Industrial |
| Sand Pit | 14.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rislip Farm | 12.84 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Grovebury Tip | 12.42 ha | 1985 | Waste types not recorded |
| Ascott Farm Sandpit | 12.41 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Grovebury Farm | 10.58 ha | 1987 | Household |
| Sheepcote Quarry | 10.4 ha | — | Inert |
| Grovebury Road | 8.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Linslade Road | 8.88 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Grovebury Road | 8.59 ha | 1964 | HouseholdInert |
| Shenley Hill Road | 7.85 ha | 1981 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Stanbridge Road | 7.81 ha | 1970 | Waste types not recorded |
| Double Arches Quarry | 7.37 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Shenley Hill Road | 6.26 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Grovebury Quarry | 5.69 ha | — | Inert |
| North Of Old Linslade Manor | 5.61 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leighton Buzzard Golf Course | 5.52 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Shenley Hill Road | 5.43 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Home Farm | 5.19 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Vandyke Road | 5.04 ha | 1965 | SpecialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Ledburn Sandpit | 3.88 ha | 1985 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brickyard Quarry | 3.79 ha | — | Inert |
| Baker's Wood | 3.49 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Quarry Grovebury Road | 3.41 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Oak Bank School | 1.18 ha | — | Inert |
| Miletree Farm | 1.09 ha | — | Household |
| Regent Street | 1.07 ha | 1964 | Waste types not recorded |
| Rislip Farm No.2 | 1.04 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Ascott Farm Sandpit | 0.98 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Vimy Road | 0.55 ha | 1966 | Industrial |
| Wing Village | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear Of Blackpot Farm | 0.18 ha | 1992 | 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 Leighton Buzzard?
- 33 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Leighton Buzzard 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 Leighton Buzzard?
- 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.