Historic landfill sites in Shaftesbury, Dorset
The Environment Agency records 12 historic landfill sites in and around Shaftesbury, Dorset. covering roughly 6 hectares in total. The largest is Ansty at 1.25 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Shaftesbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansty | 1.25 ha | 1974 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Leggatts Farm, Semley | 1.18 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Peggs Farm | 1.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Manor Farm | 0.79 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Great Lane | 0.54 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| East Knoyle Tip | 0.37 ha | 1977 | SpecialHouseholdCommercial |
| Hartgrove Tip | 0.2 ha | 1978 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.2 ha | 1985 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Monks Down Refuse Tip | 0.2 ha | — | Household |
| Binegar Farm | 0.19 ha | 1994 | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Forest Lodge | 0.18 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Old Pit | 0.14 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
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 Shaftesbury?
- 12 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesbury?
- 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.