Historic landfill sites in Minehead, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Minehead, Somerset. covering roughly 19 hectares in total. The largest is Minehead Quarry at 4.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Minehead (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minehead Quarry | 4.11 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Allercott Quarries | 1.96 ha | — | Household |
| Brunel Way | 1.91 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Sea Lane | 1.8 ha | — | Inert |
| Middlecombe Tip In The Parish Of Minehead | 1.79 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land North of Vulcan Road | 1.68 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Seafront Approach | 1.49 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Well Lane | 0.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Stowey Quarry, Couple Cross | 0.63 ha | — | Household |
| Old Quarry, Wheddon Cross | 0.52 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stiles Farm | 0.49 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Higher Hopcott Quarry | 0.42 ha | 1992 | Waste types not recorded |
| Putham Quarry | 0.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land West of Hawksworth Road | 0.31 ha | 1997 | Inert |
| Kingsbridge | 0.3 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Pinspit | 0.25 ha | 1972 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Rydons Quarry | 0.24 ha | 1993 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hartcleeve Knowle | 0.21 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 Minehead?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Minehead 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 Minehead?
- 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.