Historic landfill sites in Sedgley
The Environment Agency records 28 historic landfill sites in and around Sedgley. covering roughly 147 hectares in total. The largest is Milking Bank at 65.17 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Sedgley (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milking Bank | 65.17 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dibdale Road | 23.63 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Holloway Street Corporation Tip | 8.34 ha | 1965 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Beacon Hill | 7.25 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Ettingshall Park | 6.87 ha | 1977 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Red Lane | 4.64 ha | 1985 | Waste types not recorded |
| The Alley | 3.93 ha | 1967 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Colton Hills | 3.83 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| The Milking Bank | 3.72 ha | 1993 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| Humphrey Street | 3.38 ha | 1969 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Priory Lane | 2.89 ha | 1967 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Humphrey Street | 2.27 ha | 1969 | HouseholdCommercial |
| Holloway Street Quarry | 1.48 ha | 1988 | Inert |
| Henry Gough and Son Limited | 1.39 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Holloway Street | 1.38 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Grosvenor Road | 1.29 ha | 1984 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Waterfield Quarry | 1.28 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Cotwall End Valley | 0.96 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Parkfield School | 0.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Ruiton Street | 0.72 ha | 1985 | IndustrialInert |
| Colton Hills | 0.63 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cotwall End Road | 0.3 ha | — | HouseholdCommercial |
| Hermit Industries Tip | 0.25 ha | — | Industrial |
| Landfill Site Near Carlton House | 0.25 ha | 1967 | Inert |
| Chanterelle Gardens | 0.23 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Dimmock Street | 0.15 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Cotwall End Road | 0.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Rear of GKN Sankey | 0.03 ha | — | 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 Sedgley?
- 28 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Sedgley 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 Sedgley?
- 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.