Historic landfill sites in Padstow, Cornwall
The Environment Agency records 8 historic landfill sites in and around Padstow, Cornwall. covering roughly 27 hectares in total. The largest is Porteath Farm at 18.48 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Padstow (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porteath Farm | 18.48 ha | 1990 | Waste types not recorded |
| Lewidden Quarry | 4.72 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Trenearne Bridge | 1.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Credis | 0.59 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Sea Mills | 0.32 ha | 1993 | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Treveglos | 0.27 ha | — | Inert |
| Trevose Head | 0.25 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Trevemedar Farm | 0.02 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 Padstow?
- 8 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Padstow 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 Padstow?
- 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.