Historic landfill sites in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The Environment Agency records 20 historic landfill sites in and around Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. covering roughly 127 hectares in total. The largest is Holes Bay North at 25.84 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Poole (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holes Bay North | 25.84 ha | 1985 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Holes Bay South | 19.6 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Mannings Heath | 17.81 ha | 1985 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Foreland Road | 17.5 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Poole Power Station | 16.39 ha | 1993 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Sykes Tip | 8.11 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Brooks Tip | 6.63 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Hatchpond Road | 3.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Sandpit Off Old Wareham Road | 2.77 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rear of W.L. Miller and Son Limited | 1.81 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| BP M01 | 1.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Phillips Tip | 1.51 ha | — | Commercial |
| Marley Site A | 1.33 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| BP 2b Well Site | 1.31 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rear of St. Christopher Hill Limited | 0.37 ha | 1978 | Inert |
| Wellsite F | 0.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Fitzworth Ower and Bushey Heaths | 0.2 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeInert |
| Mudlands To Rear Of Crestworth Limited | 0.12 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Mudlands At Rear Of Hardchrome | 0.1 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Mudlands To Rear Of Dorset Welding Company Limited | 0.09 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
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 Poole?
- 20 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Poole 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 Poole?
- 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.