Historic landfill sites in Saltash, Cornwall
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Saltash, Cornwall. covering roughly 61 hectares in total. The largest is Little Ernsettle at 19.1 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Saltash (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Ernsettle | 19.1 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Salt Mill Tip | 6.54 ha | 1983 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| West Park | 4.85 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Roachford Crescent - Tamerton Lake | 4.63 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| West Park | 4.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Paynters Cross Landfill | 4.34 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Burraton Coombe | 3.51 ha | — | Inert |
| Ernisetle Lane | 3.41 ha | 1985 | Waste types not recorded |
| The Bungalow | 1.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Turf Downs | 1.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| The Quay | 1.17 ha | 1974 | HouseholdInert |
| Cumble Tor Quarry | 0.86 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Cothele Quay | 0.62 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Burraton Coombe | 0.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cotts | 0.5 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Antony Passage | 0.5 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Trewin | 0.39 ha | 1972 | Household |
| Boating World | 0.38 ha | — | Industrial |
| Sunnybrook | 0.31 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Saltmill Marsh | 0.25 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Cornwall Stone and Paving | 0.24 ha | 1997 | Waste types not recorded |
| Tamar View Industrial Estate | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Trelawney Road Tip | 0.14 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Fairmean Road Tip | 0.07 ha | 1960 | HouseholdCommercial |
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 Saltash?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Saltash 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 Saltash?
- 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.