Historic landfill sites in Paddock Wood, Kent
The Environment Agency records 36 historic landfill sites in and around Paddock Wood, Kent. covering roughly 104 hectares in total. The largest is Stonecastle Farm at 26.52 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Paddock Wood (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonecastle Farm | 26.52 ha | 1989 | Inert |
| Laddingford | 16.29 ha | 1973 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Smallbridge | 8.15 ha | 1974 | HouseholdInert |
| Nine Acre | 5.18 ha | 1974 | HouseholdInert |
| Branbridges | 5.13 ha | — | Inert |
| Nevergood | 4.52 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Goose Green | 3.92 ha | — | Inert |
| Christmas Pie | 3.59 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Kipling Cross | 2.76 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Rack Wood | 2.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Park Farm | 2.15 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Disused Railway Line | 1.72 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cinder Hill | 1.71 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludge |
| Yew Tree Farm | 1.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Four Wents | 1.6 ha | 1983 | HouseholdInert |
| Yalding | 1.58 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Horsmonden Railway Cutting | 1.28 ha | — | Inert |
| Mascalls Court Road | 1.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bedgebury | 1.21 ha | — | Inert |
| Flishinghurst | 1.12 ha | — | Commercial |
| Flishinghurst | 0.97 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Alders | 0.96 ha | — | Inert |
| Park Wood | 0.91 ha | — | Inert |
| Grovehurst Farm | 0.87 ha | — | Inert |
| Matfield | 0.84 ha | — | Inert |
| Nevergood | 0.75 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Colliers Green Farm | 0.74 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Cutting | 0.7 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| Northiam Farm | 0.62 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Five Oak Green | 0.55 ha | — | Inert |
| Shear Farm | 0.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Land Adjoining Disused Railway | 0.49 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Biggenden | 0.47 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| Bouncer's Bank | 0.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Disused Railway Line | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Xmas Pie Wood | 0.2 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 Paddock Wood?
- 36 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Paddock Wood 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 Paddock Wood?
- 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.