Historic landfill sites in Shepton Mallet, Somerset
The Environment Agency records 24 historic landfill sites in and around Shepton Mallet, Somerset. covering roughly 36 hectares in total. The largest is Green Quarries Plantation at 5.86 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to industrial waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Shepton Mallet (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Quarries Plantation | 5.86 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Green Quarries Plantation | 5.85 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Green Quarries Plantation | 5.84 ha | 1987 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Emborough Pond Tip | 2.96 ha | 1974 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Downside Quarry | 2.96 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Frome Road | 2.42 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Adjacent B3139 | 2.11 ha | 1987 | HouseholdInert |
| Whitstone Hill Farm, Cannards Grave Farm | 1.55 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Chelynch Quarry | 1.14 ha | 1982 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Quar Tyning | 0.98 ha | 1989 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Disused Quarry | 0.69 ha | — | Household |
| Three Arch Bridge | 0.57 ha | 1991 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Coombe Farm | 0.5 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Whitstone Farm | 0.46 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Brickyard Farm | 0.4 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Franklyns Farm | 0.35 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Three Arch Bridge | 0.34 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Downside Quarry, Windsor Hill | 0.24 ha | 1992 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Maesbury Landfill | 0.23 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Gurney Slade Pumping station | 0.21 ha | 1988 | IndustrialInert |
| Ham Lane | 0.2 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Station Yard | 0.1 ha | 1967 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Near Farncombe Farm | 0.07 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Coombe Farm | 0.02 ha | — | 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 Shepton Mallet?
- 24 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Shepton Mallet 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 Shepton Mallet?
- 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.