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Historic landfill sites in New Milton, Hampshire

The Environment Agency records 13 historic landfill sites in and around New Milton, Hampshire. covering roughly 80 hectares in total. The largest is Poors Common at 48.07 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around New Milton (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Poors Common48.07 haWaste types not recorded
Ashley Arnewood20.01 haHousehold
Dudley Avenue3.93 haHousehold
Upper Barnes Lane1.63 haInert
Heathfield Farm1.36 haHouseholdInert
Harrow Wood Farm1.12 haInert
Land Between Lymington Road and Ashley Road0.76 haInert
Squirrels0.67 haWaste types not recorded
Land at Black Lane0.58 haWaste types not recorded
Land at Black Lane0.58 haInert
Downton Manor Farm0.58 haIndustrialCommercialInert
Old Gravel Pit0.52 haWaste types not recorded
Two Old Claypits, School Road0.46 haWaste 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 New Milton?
13 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of New Milton 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 New Milton?
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.