Historic landfill sites in North Walsham, Norfolk
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around North Walsham, Norfolk. covering roughly 24 hectares in total. The largest is Cesspool Disposal Tip at 8.59 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around North Walsham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesspool Disposal Tip | 8.59 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludge |
| Refuse Tip at Swanton Hill Common | 4.57 ha | — | Inert |
| White Horse Common | 1.82 ha | 1994 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Field No. 788(part) | 1.59 ha | 1976 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Adjacent To Railway | 1.19 ha | — | Inert |
| Sandy Hills | 1.17 ha | 1972 | Industrial |
| Railway Cutting North of The Grove | 1.13 ha | — | Industrial |
| Tip Rear of Church Skeyton | 0.82 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialCommercial |
| Railway Cutting running under Hall Lane | 0.66 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Southrepps | 0.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Refuse Tip West of Sandyhill Farm | 0.55 ha | — | Commercial |
| Brick Kiln Road | 0.53 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Off North side of lane running to The Grove | 0.52 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Anchor Road | 0.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Brick Kiln Road | 0.14 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
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 North Walsham?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of North Walsham 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 North Walsham?
- 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.