Historic landfill sites in Maldon, Essex
The Environment Agency records 22 historic landfill sites in and around Maldon, Essex. covering roughly 191 hectares in total. The largest is Chigborough Quarry at 23.93 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Maldon (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigborough Quarry | 23.93 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chigborough Quarry | 22.88 ha | 1997 | CommercialInert |
| Chigborough Quarry | 22.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Salcote Hall and Chigborough Farm | 22 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| The Warren | 19.73 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Chigborough Quarry | 15.43 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Park Drive | 11.52 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| White House Farm | 7.47 ha | 1970 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Brickhouse Farm | 7.12 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Tip B Recreation Ground | 6.5 ha | — | Commercial |
| Recreation Ground | 6.31 ha | 1962 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Hall Road | 5.49 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Recreation Ground | 5.14 ha | 1974 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Hill Farm | 5.05 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Harmers Foundry / South of Hall Road | 2.63 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brickhouse Farm | 1.86 ha | — | Commercial |
| Park Drive | 1.19 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Cromwell Lane | 1.12 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Great Beeleigh Farm | 1.12 ha | 1950 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Old Cement Works | 0.75 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Maldon Causeway | 0.59 ha | 1975 | Inert |
| Oak Farm | 0.48 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Maldon?
- 22 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Maldon 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 Maldon?
- 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.