Historic landfill sites in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes. covering roughly 182 hectares in total. The largest is Willen Tip at 38.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Newport Pagnell (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willen Tip | 38.11 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Middleton North East Landfill | 36.56 ha | 1993 | IndustrialInert |
| Broughton Quarry | 30.72 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Ravenstone No.2 | 12.54 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Great Linford Pit | 10.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Great Linford Pit | 9.78 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Chichley Street | 7.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mill Road | 6.99 ha | 1978 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Broughton Village | 5.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Petsoe Farm Landfill | 5.19 ha | 1986 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Borrow Pit | 5.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bedford Road | 4.88 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Pre-76 Newport Pagnell | 3.31 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Tathall End | 1.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Woad Farm | 1.71 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Great Linford Pit | 1.23 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Former reservoir Middleton Site10E | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Broughton Barn | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor Farm | 0.13 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 Newport Pagnell?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newport Pagnell 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 Newport Pagnell?
- 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.