Historic landfill sites in Portishead, North Somerset
The Environment Agency records 33 historic landfill sites in and around Portishead, North Somerset. covering roughly 222 hectares in total. The largest is T. Farm at 79.57 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Portishead (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. Farm | 79.57 ha | — | Inert |
| Kingsweston Lane | 21.95 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Part Of Plot 6475 | 13.16 ha | — | Inert |
| Fowlers Site | 13.12 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Future Development Area Royal Portbury Dock | 11.82 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| VR Tip | 9.96 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| No.3 AHF Lagoon | 5.97 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Weston Drove (3) | 5.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| No.4 AHF Lagoon | 5.82 ha | 1994 | Industrial |
| Central Electricity Generating Board | 5.3 ha | — | Industrial |
| Council Tip (2) | 4.74 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clevedon Tip | 4.27 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Weston Drove | 3.96 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Portway | 3.48 ha | 1977 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Fowlers Site | 2.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| 3 AHF Lagoon | 2.89 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land adjoining Royal Portbury Dock | 2.57 ha | 1992 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Commonwealth Smelting Limited | 2.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Portishead Power Station | 2.44 ha | 1989 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Priory Farm | 2.42 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Royal Portbury Dock | 2.14 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| 2 AHF Lagoon | 2.12 ha | 1964 | Industrial |
| Britannia Zinc Slag Tip | 2.01 ha | — | Industrial |
| Entrance to closed Avonmouth Docks | 2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Council Tip (1) | 1.94 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Britannia Zinc Factory Tip | 1.79 ha | — | Industrial |
| St Andrews Road | 1.44 ha | — | Inert |
| Elm Tree Farm | 1.34 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Avonmouth Dock Entrance Channel | 0.94 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Beryllium Burial Pits | 0.61 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Gas Area Tip | 0.3 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjoining Station Road | 0.22 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Tenneco Organics Limited, Rockingham Works | 0.04 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeInert |
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 Portishead?
- 33 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Portishead 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 Portishead?
- 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.