Historic landfill sites in Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Environment Agency records 37 historic landfill sites in and around Oxford, Oxfordshire. covering roughly 163 hectares in total. The largest is Port Meadow at 38.79 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Oxford (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Meadow | 38.79 ha | 1980 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Jackdaw Lane No.2 of 3 | 12.51 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| St.Catherine's College | 7.5 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Meadow Lane | 7.35 ha | 1970 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Woodeaton Quarry | 7.26 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Woodstock Road Lakeside | 6.24 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grandpont | 6.08 ha | 1977 | SpecialInert |
| Walton Well Road Allotments | 5.82 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Sandford Lane South | 5.57 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Wick Copse | 5.53 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Rivermead | 5.37 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Walton Well Road | 5.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Littlemore Gas Works | 5.16 ha | — | Household |
| Redbridge Park and Ride | 4.96 ha | 1971 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| St Johns College - Trap Grounds | 4.92 ha | 1948 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Coldharbour Campsite | 4.71 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Littleworth Railway Cutting | 4.32 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Barton Village Road | 3.41 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Jackdaw Lane No.3 of 3 | 2.76 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blackbird Leys: Recreation Area | 2.62 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Nuneham Road | 2.28 ha | 1977 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Wick Farm | 1.82 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Jackdaw Lane No.1 of 3 | 1.69 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kennington Road East | 1.38 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Spindleberry Close | 1.36 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kennington Road West | 1.1 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| St Nicholas Caravan Park | 1.01 ha | 1977 | IndustrialInert |
| Henley Road | 0.96 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rewley Road | 0.94 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Eagle Iron Works | 0.85 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Sandford Lane North | 0.85 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Walton Well Road North | 0.66 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Littleworth Mobile Homes | 0.56 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Kennington | 0.41 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Wolvercote Green | 0.37 ha | 1943 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Trinity Road | 0.31 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Jackstraws Lane | 0.31 ha | 1939 | IndustrialInert |
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 Oxford?
- 37 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Oxford 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 Oxford?
- 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.