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Historic landfill sites in Luton, Luton

The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Luton, Luton. covering roughly 199 hectares in total. The largest is Luton Airport at 53.28 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

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

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Luton Airport53.28 ha1978Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Borrow Pit39.9 ha—Inert
Barrow Pit14.3 ha1993IndustrialInert
Disused Chalk Quarry11.4 ha1992IndustrialInert
Barton Quarry10.73 ha1990IndustrialInert
Chalk Lagoons7.23 ha1987SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Barton Lime Works6.98 ha1991IndustrialInert
Dunstable Road6.79 ha1969IndustrialHouseholdInert
Half Moon Lane5.33 ha1989Inert
Hill and Coles Farm4.12 ha1995Inert
Garden Centre3.51 ha1960IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Limbury3.22 ha—Waste types not recorded
Ladybray Farm2.94 ha1972IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Rossway2.89 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Flamstead2.5 ha1972Inert
Broomhill Shooting Ground2.43 ha1992Inert
Walon Car Yard2.09 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Flamstead2.08 ha1972Inert
Stopsley1.86 ha—Household
Council Refuse Tip1.85 ha1982Inert
Delmerend Lane1.79 ha1985Inert
Folly Lane1.76 ha1960IndustrialInert
Luton Hoo1.75 ha1990Inert
Limbury1.66 ha—Waste types not recorded
Hatherley Brake1.57 ha1982Inert
Holly Farm Close1.55 ha1989Industrial
Naddocks Field0.94 ha1970SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert
Clark's Hill0.67 ha1969IndustrialInert
Edgecote Close/Elm Avenue0.47 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Luton Road0.37 ha1969Industrial
Croda Works0.35 ha1993IndustrialCommercialInert
Church Farm0.28 ha1980Inert
Manor Road0.27 ha1961Waste types not recorded
Lye Trading Estate0.2 ha1987SpecialIndustrialInert
Wandon End Farm0.2 ha1993Inert
Dell Hole0.05 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 Luton?
36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Luton 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 Luton?
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.