Historic landfill sites in Pershore, Worcestershire
The Environment Agency records 17 historic landfill sites in and around Pershore, Worcestershire. covering roughly 192 hectares in total. The largest is Hill & Moor Landfill Site at 127.62 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Pershore (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill & Moor Landfill Site | 127.62 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hill & Moor Landfill Site | 37.58 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Defford Airfield (B) | 3.76 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Defford Airfield (D) | 3.15 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Defford Airfield (Area F) | 2.64 ha | — | Inert |
| Two Oaks Landfill | 2.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Defford Airfield (Area I) | 2.33 ha | — | Inert |
| Rabbit Lane | 2.26 ha | 1982 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Defford Airfield (C) | 1.76 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Defford Airfield (Area E) | 1.54 ha | — | Inert |
| Defford Airfield Aerodrome (A) | 1.46 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Defford Airfield (Area H) | 1.45 ha | — | Inert |
| Defford Airfield (Area G) | 1.24 ha | — | Inert |
| Walcot Lane | 1.02 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Willow Bank | 0.7 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Land Adjacent to Panfield House | 0.69 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Canning factory waste tip | 0.1 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 Pershore?
- 17 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Pershore 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 Pershore?
- 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.