Historic landfill sites in Lichfield, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 14 historic landfill sites in and around Lichfield, Staffordshire. covering roughly 33 hectares in total. The largest is Disused Canal Fosseway at 6.72 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Lichfield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disused Canal Fosseway | 6.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Landfill Site East Of Dimbles Lane | 5.19 ha | 1989 | Household |
| Shaw Lane Landfill Site | 4.7 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Landfill Site West Of Dimbles Lane | 3.53 ha | — | Household |
| Swinfield Lane Landfill Site/North West Junction of A5 and A5127, Shenstone | 2.52 ha | 1997 | Household |
| Landfill Site At The Corner Of Fox Lane (A38) | 2.05 ha | 1965 | Household |
| Brickyard Farm | 1.64 ha | 1989 | Industrial |
| Fisherwick Hall Farm | 1.45 ha | 1987 | Commercial |
| Landfill Site At Lichfield Road | 1.34 ha | 1960 | Industrial |
| Scarratts Farm | 1.01 ha | 1969 | Household |
| Refuse Treatment Plant | 0.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rileyhill Farm | 0.76 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Wall Lane Canal | 0.57 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Landfill Site Off Play Area | 0.34 ha | 1955 | IndustrialInert |
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 Lichfield?
- 14 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Lichfield 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 Lichfield?
- 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.