Historic landfill sites in Redditch, Worcestershire
The Environment Agency records 58 historic landfill sites in and around Redditch, Worcestershire. covering roughly 126 hectares in total. The largest is Studley Brickworks Landfill Site, Studley at 13.39 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Redditch (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studley Brickworks Landfill Site, Studley | 13.39 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Oak Tree Farm | 9.88 ha | 1993 | HouseholdInert |
| Radford Brook | 9.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Beoley Road Tip | 8.9 ha | 1975 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quinney's Landfill Site | 6.06 ha | 1988 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Radford Brook | 4.81 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Hall Farm | 4.53 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Beoley Hall | 4.17 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Beoley Pastures | 4.05 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Blaze Lane | 3.75 ha | 1984 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Land at Perryfields/Roberts Corner, Alvechurch | 3.69 ha | 1991 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Eastern Hill Farm | 3.32 ha | 1993 | Waste types not recorded |
| Portway South Landfill Site, Earlswood | 3.31 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Morton Stanley | 3.16 ha | — | Household |
| Newbold Quarry | 2.75 ha | 1995 | Inert |
| Studley Watkins | 2.45 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Moorfield Farm, Alvechurch | 2.42 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Scarfield Hill Claypit | 2.24 ha | — | Industrial |
| Beoley Lane | 2.17 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Coopers Hill | 2.11 ha | 1984 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Forshaw Heath Lane Landfill Site | 2.1 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Hob Hill Farm | 1.97 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bransons Cross | 1.83 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Storrage Lane | 1.69 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Lilley Green Farm | 1.55 ha | 1991 | IndustrialInert |
| Marlpool Drive | 1.48 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Portway West Landfill Site, Earlswood | 1.42 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Earlswood Brick Company | 1.36 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Portway East Landfill Site, Earlswood | 1.25 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Land at Mayfields Park | 1.17 ha | 1968 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Alvechurch Dredgings Disposal Site | 1.13 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Enfield Industrial Estate | 1.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Eastern Hill Farm | 1.07 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Hawthorne Pit | 0.92 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Walkwood Coppice | 0.91 ha | — | Household |
| Poolhead Lane | 0.89 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Poolhead Lane Landfill Site, Earlswood | 0.82 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Newlands Farm | 0.78 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Pound Close Farm | 0.65 ha | 1985 | Industrial |
| Birch Acre, Beoley | 0.64 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Withybed Green | 0.42 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chapel Farm | 0.41 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Poolhead Lane | 0.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cocksian Covert | 0.36 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
| Studley Landfill Site | 0.33 ha | 1979 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Oak Tree Lane | 0.3 ha | — | Household |
| Popes Lane | 0.29 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Windsor Road | 0.25 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barton Farm | 0.23 ha | 1987 | IndustrialInert |
| Land at Pool Farm | 0.22 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Oxleaowes Farm | 0.21 ha | 1973 | Household |
| Pratts Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Priory Mill | 0.2 ha | 1982 | Waste types not recorded |
| Cottage Farm | 0.17 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Polar Star | 0.15 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Clevedon Farm | 0.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Sandhills Farm | 0.1 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Lakeside Industrial Estate | 0.03 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 Redditch?
- 58 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Redditch 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 Redditch?
- 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.