Historic landfill sites in Penzance, Cornwall
The Environment Agency records 9 historic landfill sites in and around Penzance, Cornwall. covering roughly 33 hectares in total. The largest is Trezelah at 10.77 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Penzance (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trezelah | 10.77 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Eastern Green Heliport | 9.84 ha | 1969 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Castle An Dinas | 2.85 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Eastern Green Roundabout | 2.65 ha | 1960 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Boscreege Farm | 2.15 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Chysauster | 1.63 ha | 1987 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| North of Penzance Heliport | 1.26 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Bone Valley | 0.99 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bone Farm | 0.31 ha | 1966 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
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 Penzance?
- 9 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Penzance 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 Penzance?
- 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.