Historic landfill sites in Midhurst, West Sussex
The Environment Agency records 16 historic landfill sites in and around Midhurst, West Sussex. covering roughly 38 hectares in total. The largest is Whites Sandpit at 10.27 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Midhurst (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whites Sandpit | 10.27 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Pitsham Rough | 7.83 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Road | 3.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pendean Sand Pit WSCC | 3.37 ha | 1987 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Lodsworth | 2.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Holmbush Industrial Estate | 2.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stedham Mill | 2.4 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old West's Wood Yard | 1.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Holmbush Way | 0.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill Vale Meadow | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Gatrou Yard | 0.58 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Dawes Farm | 0.44 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Cocking Causeway | 0.42 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| School Yard | 0.4 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| Middle Hangar | 0.22 ha | 1983 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dangstein Farm | 0.2 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 Midhurst?
- 16 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Midhurst 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 Midhurst?
- 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.