Historic landfill sites in Penkridge, Staffordshire
The Environment Agency records 31 historic landfill sites in and around Penkridge, Staffordshire. covering roughly 82 hectares in total. The largest is Four Ashes Quarry at 25.87 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Penkridge (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Ashes Quarry | 25.87 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Barr Farm | 10.73 ha | 1996 | Inert |
| Four Ashes Pit | 10.67 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Field Off Deepmore Lane | 9.62 ha | 1991 | Industrial |
| Barnfield Sandpits | 6.03 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Four Ashes Pit | 3.71 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Cannock Road Tip | 2.88 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mitton Tip | 1.89 ha | 1972 | Household |
| Standeford Mill House | 1.86 ha | 1964 | Household |
| Lower Mitton Tip | 1.37 ha | — | Commercial |
| Landfill Site Near Motorway Island | 1.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Penkridge Market Landfill | 0.95 ha | — | Inert |
| Mitton Road Landfill Site | 0.74 ha | 1971 | Inert |
| Opposite The Rookery | 0.73 ha | — | Household |
| Land Adjacent to Shropshire Union Canal | 0.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Levedale Road | 0.37 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Lower Marches Farm | 0.34 ha | — | Household |
| Bednall Head Landfill Site | 0.31 ha | 1959 | Household |
| Bent Lane Landfill Site | 0.3 ha | 1971 | Industrial |
| Leavedale Farm | 0.27 ha | 1966 | Industrial |
| Ivetsey Road Landfill Site | 0.24 ha | — | Household |
| Poplars East Opencast Coal Site | 0.2 ha | 1972 | Commercial |
| Woodbank Farm | 0.18 ha | — | Household |
| Gnosall - Bradley Landfill Site | 0.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Near Kinvaston Hall Farm | 0.15 ha | 1967 | Household |
| Dunston Heath Farm | 0.14 ha | 1955 | Household |
| Ivesley Bank Landfill Site | 0.14 ha | — | Inert |
| Landfill Site Near Broom Hall | 0.11 ha | 1969 | Household |
| Invicta Farm (A) | 0.1 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Kinvaston Lane | 0.09 ha | — | Inert |
| Cresswell Farm | 0.06 ha | 1956 | Household |
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 Penkridge?
- 31 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Penkridge 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 Penkridge?
- 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.