Historic landfill sites in Peterborough, City of Peterborough
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Peterborough, City of Peterborough. covering roughly 347 hectares in total. The largest is London Road Stages 2 and 3 at 99.68 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Peterborough (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Road Stages 2 and 3 | 99.68 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| London Road All Stage 3 | 91.97 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| London Road Stages 2 and 3 | 36.97 ha | 1991 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Land Off Potters Way | 27.93 ha | — | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Fengate | 24.55 ha | 1989 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stanground Landfill | 10.19 ha | 1992 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hotpoint Limited | 8.48 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Peterborough Power Station | 7.95 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Farcet Tip Landfill | 6.99 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Thorpe Road | 6.13 ha | — | Inert |
| Fengate Sewage Farm | 5.6 ha | — | Commercial |
| London Brick | 4.16 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Peterborough Southern Township | 3.39 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Woodstow Landfill Site | 3.19 ha | 1985 | HouseholdInert |
| Thorpe Meadow | 2.99 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beeby's Brick Pit | 1.56 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Beeby's Brick Pit | 1.39 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Orton Works Pit | 0.84 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Orton Works Pit | 0.83 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Orton Works Pit | 0.72 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Cow Bridge | 0.63 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Old Fletton Field No.1 | 0.38 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Orton Pit | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialCommercial |
| Constable Landscaping Limited, Watford to M1 Link | 0.2 ha | 1997 | 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 Peterborough?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Peterborough 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 Peterborough?
- 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.