Historic landfill sites in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
The Environment Agency records 18 historic landfill sites in and around Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. covering roughly 69 hectares in total. The largest is Studley Grange Farm at 23.46 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Royal Wootton Bassett (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studley Grange Farm | 23.46 ha | 1990 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Folly Farm Landfill Site | 12.94 ha | — | Inert |
| Land At Greenhill Farm | 5.2 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Scotlands Tip | 5.06 ha | 1980 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Moonsleaze Farm | 4.75 ha | — | Inert |
| The Gables | 3.78 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hookers Gate Farm | 3.72 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Lower Hook Farm | 2.79 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Old Park Farm | 2.73 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Callow Hill Farm | 1.37 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Old Park Farm, Old Brick works | 1.13 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ballards Ash Farm | 0.53 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Tip at Sewage Works | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Old Canal | 0.2 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Framers Wood Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Industrial |
| Land At Greenhill Farm | 0.2 ha | 1981 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Tip At Cottages | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| MOD Sewage Works | 0.2 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeHousehold |
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 Wootton Bassett?
- 18 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Royal Wootton Bassett 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 Wootton Bassett?
- 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.