Historic landfill sites in Sevenoaks, Kent
The Environment Agency records 33 historic landfill sites in and around Sevenoaks, Kent. covering roughly 109 hectares in total. The largest is Otford Road at 26.27 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to liquid/sludge waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Sevenoaks (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otford Road | 26.27 ha | 1991 | HouseholdInert |
| Hydes Forest | 9.63 ha | 1976 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Vestry Estate | 9.2 ha | — | Inert |
| West Kent Cold Street | 8.03 ha | — | Inert |
| Sevenoaks Urban District Council Tip | 7.72 ha | — | Commercial |
| Dry Hill Picnic | 7.31 ha | — | Inert |
| Darenth River Ballast Pit | 4.57 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Montreal Sand Pit | 4.37 ha | 1983 | IndustrialInert |
| Ash Platt Wood | 3.89 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Pontoise Close | 3.53 ha | — | Inert |
| Greatness Lane | 3.2 ha | — | Inert |
| Chesterfield Drive | 2.77 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| High Street | 2.34 ha | 1985 | Inert |
| Nursery Place | 1.97 ha | — | Inert |
| Tudor Drive | 1.89 ha | — | Inert |
| Skevington Bros Limited | 1.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Chipstead Lane | 1.19 ha | 1974 | Inert |
| John Battams | 1.16 ha | 1972 | Waste types not recorded |
| Sundridge Place Farm | 1.11 ha | — | Liquid / sludge |
| Beechmont Bank | 0.96 ha | — | Inert |
| Sundridge Great Pit | 0.77 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Filmer Way | 0.68 ha | — | Inert |
| Bradbourne Carpark North | 0.68 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Greatness | 0.62 ha | — | Inert |
| Greatness | 0.58 ha | — | Inert |
| Skevington Bros. Limited | 0.54 ha | — | Industrial |
| Dunton Green | 0.49 ha | — | Inert |
| Longford Quarry | 0.44 ha | 1992 | Liquid / sludgeCommercialInert |
| Homelands Farm | 0.38 ha | — | Inert |
| Watery Lane | 0.31 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Dynes Road Cress Beds | 0.3 ha | — | Inert |
| Dunton Green | 0.29 ha | — | Inert |
| Shoreham Lane | 0.16 ha | — | HouseholdInert |
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 Sevenoaks?
- 33 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Sevenoaks 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 Sevenoaks?
- 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.