Historic landfill sites in Rugby, Warwickshire
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Rugby, Warwickshire. covering roughly 87 hectares in total. The largest is Clifton Lakes Farm at 23.39 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Rugby (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Lakes Farm | 23.39 ha | — | Inert |
| Featherbed Lane | 6.46 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Rugby Cement ( Westside 11 ) | 6.19 ha | — | Industrial |
| Lea Crescent Tip | 6.17 ha | 1972 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Malpass's Tip | 5.84 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Hilmorton Sidings | 5.84 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Main Street | 4.18 ha | 1972 | Household |
| Swift Valley | 3.63 ha | — | Household |
| Barby Hill | 2.82 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Barby Wharf | 2.61 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Onley Road | 2.59 ha | 1980 | Inert |
| GEC Rugby | 2.1 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Larch Spinney South | 1.97 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Fennis Fields Farm | 1.87 ha | — | Household |
| The Kent | 1.7 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Cathorpe Landfill | 1.18 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Larch Spinney North | 1.16 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barby | 1.09 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Park House Farm | 0.82 ha | 1987 | Inert |
| Onley Fields Farm | 0.82 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Near The Kent | 0.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| All Oaks Lane | 0.75 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| West Leys | 0.69 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Eleven Arches | 0.66 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Barby Wood Bridge | 0.6 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Off Little Lawford Lane | 0.5 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Onley Prison | 0.34 ha | — | Inert |
| Limestone Hall Lane | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cala Levante | 0.18 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| All Oaks Lane | 0.1 ha | 1986 | Inert |
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 Rugby?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Rugby 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 Rugby?
- 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.