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Historic landfill sites in Lowestoft, Suffolk

The Environment Agency records 51 historic landfill sites in and around Lowestoft, Suffolk. covering roughly 56 hectares in total. The largest is North Denes at 9.42 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Lowestoft (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
North Denes9.42 ha1971Waste types not recorded
White's Pit6.46 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Camps Heath landfill Site6.21 ha1987SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Holly Hill- Camps Heath4.31 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
South Inner Harbour3.16 ha—Waste types not recorded
Holly Hill2.91 ha1988IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
Hill Lane2.66 ha1977IndustrialHouseholdCommercial
White House Farm1.92 ha—Waste types not recorded
Queens Highway1.32 ha1983Inert
White's Pit1.18 ha1992IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Parkhill Tip1.18 ha—Waste types not recorded
Disused Railway Cutting off Stirrups Lane1.14 ha1983IndustrialHouseholdInert
Burnt Hill House0.95 ha1953Waste types not recorded
Normanston Drive0.88 ha—Waste types not recorded
Marsh Lane0.87 ha1973Waste types not recorded
Arbor Lane0.77 ha1971Waste types not recorded
Grange Farm0.6 ha1985CommercialInert
Station Road0.55 ha—Waste types not recorded
Poplar Road0.52 ha1968Waste types not recorded
Camps Lane0.52 ha—Waste types not recorded
Colville Road/Boon Drive0.49 ha1964Waste types not recorded
Marham Road Pit0.47 ha—Waste types not recorded
White House Farm0.47 ha—Waste types not recorded
Priory Farm Cottages0.45 ha1986Inert
East of Grange Farm0.44 ha1990SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Ivy Farm0.43 ha—Waste types not recorded
Poplar Road0.38 ha—Household
Blowers Lane0.38 ha1987CommercialInert
Haven Avenue0.37 ha—Waste types not recorded
Kirkley Run/Britten Road0.37 ha1956Waste types not recorded
Roman Hill0.33 ha—Waste types not recorded
Kesgrave Drive0.33 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hamilton Road0.32 ha1989Household
Grove Road0.3 ha1960Waste types not recorded
Carlton Hall Farm0.28 ha1993CommercialInert
Woodbarn Farm0.27 ha1985CommercialInert
Love Road0.24 ha—Waste types not recorded
Slaters Pond0.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
Nelson Road0.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
June Avenue0.21 ha—Waste types not recorded
Whitton Close0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Marsh Road0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Martin's Pit0.2 ha—IndustrialInert
Oak Wood Road0.2 ha—Waste types not recorded
Elizabeth Close0.17 ha—Waste types not recorded
Rushmere0.16 ha1987Inert
The Street0.14 ha—Waste types not recorded
Fir Lane0.1 ha—Waste types not recorded
East Nook0.1 ha1969Waste types not recorded
Fir Lane0.1 ha—Waste types not recorded
Roman Hill0.08 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 Lowestoft?
51 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft?
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.