Historic landfill sites in Petersfield, Hampshire
The Environment Agency records 15 historic landfill sites in and around Petersfield, Hampshire. covering roughly 56 hectares in total. The largest is Junction of North Lane- Hollist Lane at 12.21 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Petersfield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction of North Lane- Hollist Lane | 12.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Halls Hill | 9.16 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Butser Hill Limeworks | 5.82 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Garrett's Copse | 5.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Coldhayes | 5.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Butser Hill Lime Works | 4.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Basing Home Farm | 3.61 ha | — | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bedales School | 3.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Council Refuse Tip | 2.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Tilmore Farm | 1.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Weston Lane | 1.56 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land at Hatchamoor Farm | 0.98 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Halls Hill | 0.25 ha | — | Household |
| Torberry Farm | 0.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Disused Railway Cuttings | 0.03 ha | 1980 | Industrial |
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 Petersfield?
- 15 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Petersfield 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 Petersfield?
- 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.