Historic landfill sites in Madeley, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 50 historic landfill sites in and around Madeley, Staffordshire. covering roughly 89 hectares in total. The largest is Bryn Wood, North East Madeley Manor at 12.03 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Madeley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Wood, North East Madeley Manor | 12.03 ha | — | Industrial |
| Near Disused Shafts | 6.51 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| South West Audley | 4.22 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| North West Of Waltons Wood | 3.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leycett Landfill Site | 3.31 ha | 1988 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Highway Lane | 3.2 ha | — | Household |
| Hayes Wood | 2.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Marl Hole | 2.92 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Near Bulthorns Wood | 2.87 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Leycett Railway, | 2.84 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| South West Of Bullthorns Wood | 2.8 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beechfields | 2.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pepper Street Landfill | 2.55 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Bowerend Farm | 2.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lane Farm | 2.5 ha | — | Household |
| Reservoir | 2.44 ha | — | Industrial |
| Leycett Railway, Finney Green | 2.13 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Keele Poultry Limited | 2.08 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Historic landfill EAHLD35888 | 1.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land West Of Birks Wood | 1.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| West Heath Farm | 1.51 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Birks Wood Landfill Site | 1.41 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Whitmore Heath | 1.38 ha | 1959 | Household |
| Sandpit | 1.36 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeCommercial |
| Chorlton Moss Tipl | 1.22 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Crackley Gates/ Land at Scot Hey Road | 1.17 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Pipegate, Market Drayton | 1.17 ha | 1990 | Industrial |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 1.14 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Madeley Heath (Rear Heath Row) | 1.13 ha | 1959 | HouseholdInert |
| Common Lane | 1.06 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway | 1.06 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Crackley Gates | 0.95 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| North West of Alsagers Bank | 0.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land At Dabs Cottage | 0.68 ha | 1992 | CommercialInert |
| Jug Bank | 0.67 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Motorway Bridge Newcastle Road | 0.62 ha | 1960 | Waste types not recorded |
| Hookgate | 0.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bridge Farm | 0.53 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crackley Gates | 0.5 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
| Scot Hay Road | 0.45 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Field Beyond Playing Area | 0.43 ha | 1978 | HouseholdCommercial |
| North East Chapel | 0.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ashley Heath Landfill | 0.34 ha | 1969 | HouseholdInert |
| East Of Railway Cutting | 0.33 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Off Highway Lane | 0.3 ha | — | Household |
| Tip at Baldwins Gate | 0.13 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Disused Works / Dorking works | 0.1 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Silverdale Tileries | 0.1 ha | — | Household |
| Wood Lane | 0.09 ha | 1972 | Industrial |
| Balterley Green Farm | 0.07 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
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 Madeley?
- 50 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Madeley 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 Madeley?
- 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.