Historic landfill sites in Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes. covering roughly 139 hectares in total. The largest is Broughton Quarry at 48.65 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Milton Keynes (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton Quarry | 48.65 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Middleton South West Landfill | 31.21 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Elfield Park | 14.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Pre-76 Wolverton | 6.34 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| New Bradwell Council Landfill | 6.34 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stratford Road | 5.97 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Manor Farm | 5.45 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Great Linford Pit | 4.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lodge Farm | 2.94 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Haversham Upper Bank | 2.6 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Station Road | 2.21 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Old gravel pits upto c 12m of ?19th C fi | 1.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Old Furtho Pit | 1.86 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Manor Farm No.2 | 1.57 ha | 1995 | IndustrialInert |
| Calverton End No.2 | 1.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cosgrove Caravan Park | 0.95 ha | — | Household |
| Furtho Pit | 0.72 ha | 1971 | Inert |
| Calverton End No.1 | 0.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| J Harper - Brook Farm | 0.61 ha | — | Industrial |
| Bushfield County Middle School | 0.05 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 Milton Keynes?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes?
- 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.