Historic landfill sites in Royal Sutton Coldfield
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Royal Sutton Coldfield. covering roughly 158 hectares in total. The largest is Land At Weeford at 28.76 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Royal Sutton Coldfield (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land At Weeford | 28.76 ha | — | Inert |
| Sports Ground Off Farnborough Road | 14.54 ha | 1971 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Crystal Palace Landfill Site | 10.81 ha | — | Industrial |
| Tameside Drive - Langley Drive Landfill Site | 10 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Ox Leys Road Landfill Site | 9.22 ha | 1968 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Stechford Hall Park Landfill Site | 8.89 ha | 1980 | Household |
| Cassle Vale Tip | 8.6 ha | 1972 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Batchelors Farm Recreation Ground | 8.26 ha | 1980 | IndustrialInert |
| Former Nocks Brickworks Landfill Site | 6.37 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHousehold |
| Land South Of Brook Meadow Road | 6.29 ha | 1983 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bromford Lane Landfill Site | 5.47 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Castle Bromwich Waste Treatment Site | 5.16 ha | 1966 | Industrial |
| Holly Lane | 5.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Hillwood Road | 3.65 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Bennets Tip | 3.59 ha | 1975 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Goosemoor Lane - Kirkwood Avenue - Littlecote Drive Landfill Site | 3.42 ha | 1970 | IndustrialInert |
| Withy Hill Road No.1 Landfill Site | 3.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Rear of Freight Rover Works | 3.27 ha | 1950 | HouseholdCommercialInert |
| Rockland Drive Landfill Site | 2.68 ha | 1960 | IndustrialInert |
| Marlpit Lane Landfill Site | 2.11 ha | — | IndustrialHousehold |
| Withy Hill Road | 1.65 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Heathlands Primary School Landfill Site | 1.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Forge Lane | 1.09 ha | 1978 | SpecialIndustrialInert |
| Plantsbrook Nature Reserve | 1.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Silt Bed No 2, Weeford Pit | 1.04 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrial |
| Hill Hook Road / Clarence Road | 1.04 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Weeford Quarry | 0.67 ha | 1993 | Industrial |
| Hill Village Road, Four Oaks | 0.43 ha | — | Inert |
| Eachelhurst Road | 0.33 ha | 1972 | Industrial |
| Withy Hill Road No.2 Landfill Site | 0.23 ha | 1975 | IndustrialHousehold |
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 Royal Sutton Coldfield?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Royal Sutton Coldfield 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 Royal Sutton Coldfield?
- 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.